OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to New Orleans

448 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DFW–MSY arrive on time 65% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate65%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights

based on 2,551 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights192
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel12.9%
    Flights31
  • American Airlines
    On-time64%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights2,328

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline30%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather83%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 84 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DFW → MSY

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.

  • Mornings79% on time · p90 35 min · 2,310 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,770 flights
  • Afternoons60% on time · p90 80 min · 1,435 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 90 min · 1,441 flights
  • Evenings55% on time · p90 90 min · 1,859 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 61% to 69% on time.

  • Tuesdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 1,157 flights
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,168 flights
  • Mondays67% on time · p90 80 min · 1,315 flights
  • Wednesdays66% on time · p90 65 min · 1,179 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 70 min · 1,325 flights
  • Thursdays65% on time · p90 65 min · 1,332 flights
  • Sundays61% on time · p90 80 min · 1,339 flights

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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.