OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

New Orleans

Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate77%flights departing here that arrived on time
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 departures is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time78%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 49,743 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

76%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time76%
  • 15–59 min late15%
  • 1–2 hr late5%
  • 2 hr+ late3%
  • Cancelled or diverted2%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 45 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • United Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights6,808
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights497
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights7,513
  • Republic Airways
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights515
  • Envoy Air
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights680
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights17,601
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel2.7%
    Flights1,705
  • American Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights7,124
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights654
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights1,191
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel6.2%
    Flights764
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights96

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When it gets busy

Busiest times at MSY

Historically, departures at MSY peak 5–10 a.m. — 31% of scheduled flights leave in that block.

  • 5–10 a.m.31%
  • 10 a.m.–2 p.m.24%
  • 2–5 p.m.19%
  • 5–8 p.m.20%
  • 8 p.m.–midnight5%

Share of 150,799 scheduled departures by planned departure time, 2023-06 .. 2026-05. Historical averages from BTS data — not live airport status.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline29%
  • Weather61%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 758 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Where flights go

Busiest routes

MSY → ATL→MSY → HOU→MSY → IAH→MSY → DFW→MSY → DAL→MSY → MCO→MSY → CLT→MSY → DEN→MSY → ORD→MSY → TPA→

Side by side

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.