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ATL → LGA

Atlanta - New York LaGuardia

$53
cheapest date in next 11 months · 2026-10-27
62
nights observed · since 2026-07-18
135
fare observations

When to fly: fares by month and weekday

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Mon
$176
$164
$171
Tue
$159
$88
$165
Wed
$140
$92
$165
Thu
$146
$145
$92
$159
Fri
$188
$135
$113
$159
Sat
$198
$154
$92
$159
Sun
$198
$200
$168
$131
$138
$171
cheapest $88most expensive $200· median of the cheapest fare per departure date in the latest sweep (round trip where offered, otherwise one way)

Fare calendar: cheapest fare per departure date

good (bottom quartile, ≤ $116)typicalexpensive (top quartile, ≥ $179)· observed 2026-09-17
Sep 2026
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T
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T
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18$132
19$179
20$162
21$213
22$178
23$177
24$145
25$137
26$129
27$174
28$139
29$139
30$103
Oct 2026
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1$152
2$152
3$116
4$170
5$199
6$199
7$199
8$199
9
10$214
11$214
12$200
13$84
14$91
15$91
16$98
17$56
18$92
19$92
20$92
21$92
22$92
23$92
24$92
25$92
26$129
27$53
28$67
29$80
30$128
31$86
Nov 2026
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T
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T
F
S
S
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8$138
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Dec 2026
M
T
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T
F
S
S
1$147
2$159
3$159
4$159
5$159
6$159
7$159
8$159
9$159
10$159
11$159
12$159
13$171
14$180
15$180
16$180
17$180
18$180
19$190
20$171
21$171
22$171
23$171
24$153
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Jan 2027
M
T
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T
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1$188
2$198
3$198
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Feb 2027
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Mar 2027
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25$146
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31
Apr 2027
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May 2027
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T
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23$200
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When to buy: booking curve

8697109120132departure30d out60d out90d outlowest: 90 at 105–111 days out42–48 days out index 124 (IQR 124–125) · 3 obs49–55 days out index 114 (IQR 103–119) · 7 obs56–62 days out index 106 (IQR 106–112) · 7 obs63–69 days out index 110 (IQR 104–110) · 7 obs70–76 days out index 100 (IQR 100–101) · 7 obs77–83 days out index 100 (IQR 100–100) · 7 obs84–90 days out index 100 (IQR 100–101) · 7 obs91–97 days out index 99 (IQR 99–100) · 7 obs98–104 days out index 95 (IQR 90–99) · 7 obs105–111 days out index 90 (IQR 90–90) · 2 obs
median25th–75th percentile· fare index: 100 = the typical price for that trip; each itinerary is indexed to its own median before pooling, so sources and seasons can be compared

Long-run seasonality: what people actually paid (DOT, by quarter)

$69$137$206$274Q1 2015 avg fare $249 · 13,378 sampled paxQ2 2015 avg fare $235 · 19,113 sampled paxQ3 2015 avg fare $224 · 19,019 sampled paxQ4 2015 avg fare $199 · 21,558 sampled paxQ1 2016 avg fare $192 · 18,696 sampled paxQ2 2016 avg fare $209 · 21,887 sampled paxQ3 2016 avg fare $199 · 21,601 sampled paxQ4 2016 avg fare $190 · 22,833 sampled paxQ1 2017 avg fare $173 · 19,285 sampled paxQ2 2017 avg fare $199 · 21,930 sampled paxQ3 2017 avg fare $191 · 20,711 sampled paxQ4 2017 avg fare $202 · 21,963 sampled paxQ1 2018 avg fare $187 · 18,058 sampled paxQ2 2018 avg fare $195 · 22,515 sampled paxQ3 2018 avg fare $193 · 20,827 sampled paxQ4 2018 avg fare $200 · 21,897 sampled paxQ1 2019 avg fare $185 · 17,818 sampled paxQ2 2019 avg fare $196 · 21,931 sampled paxQ3 2019 avg fare $186 · 20,180 sampled paxQ4 2019 avg fare $195 · 21,402 sampled paxQ1 2020 avg fare $168 · 13,066 sampled paxQ2 2020 avg fare $151 · 2,107 sampled paxQ3 2020 avg fare $118 · 4,697 sampled paxQ4 2020 avg fare $124 · 5,409 sampled paxQ1 2021 avg fare $120 · 5,207 sampled paxQ2 2021 avg fare $173 · 10,267 sampled paxQ3 2021 avg fare $184 · 13,752 sampled paxQ4 2021 avg fare $166 · 16,837 sampled paxQ1 2022 avg fare $142 · 12,353 sampled paxQ2 2022 avg fare $195 · 19,020 sampled paxQ3 2022 avg fare $190 · 18,470 sampled paxQ4 2022 avg fare $214 · 18,127 sampled paxQ1 2023 avg fare $178 · 15,619 sampled paxQ2 2023 avg fare $191 · 21,481 sampled paxQ3 2023 avg fare $184 · 20,439 sampled paxQ4 2023 avg fare $204 · 21,031 sampled paxQ1 2024 avg fare $171 · 19,218 sampled paxQ2 2024 avg fare $184 · 24,832 sampled paxQ3 2024 avg fare $167 · 23,128 sampled paxQ4 2024 avg fare $212 · 20,824 sampled paxQ1 2025 avg fare $197 · 15,334 sampled paxQ2 2025 avg fare $226 · 19,230 sampled pax20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Q1Q2 / Q4Q3· passenger-weighted average one-way market fare actually paid (this direction), US DOT DB1B 10% ticket sample
Method

Every night the collector pulls the cheapest fare per departure date for the next 11 months from Aviasales search data (Travelpayouts), and, on a rotating schedule, runs a Google Flights search for US routes that also returns Google's 60-day price history for that itinerary. The heatmap and calendar use the latest sweep; "good" and "expensive" are the bottom and top quartile of that sweep. The booking curve pools every observation ever made for this route by days between observation and departure. DOT DB1B is the US Department of Transportation's 10% sample of tickets sold, aggregated by quarter. Prices are indicative, not bookable.