Great-circle route YYZ ↔ LGA. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| YYZ → LGA Toronto to New York |
164/wk | Daily | Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Porter Airlines |
| LGA → YYZ New York to Toronto |
— | — | Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Porter Airlines |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,053,539 passengers on 14,285 flights between YYZ and LGA — about 2,888 a day — filling 80% of the 1,319,923 seats flown. Air Canada carried the most passengers (30%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
4 airlines fly the YYZ–LGA nonstop, including Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Porter Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Embraer 175, Embraer 170, Bombardier CRJ900 and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Lester B. Pearson International Airport and La Guardia Airport is 356 miles, or 573 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 356 mi |
| Kilometres | 573 km |
| Nautical miles | 309 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 164 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 20m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 356-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
Air Canada, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Porter Airlines.
In 2025, airlines reported 1,053,539 passengers on 14,285 scheduled flights between YYZ and LGA — about 2,888 a day — filling 80% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Embraer 175, Embraer 170, Bombardier CRJ900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
