OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New Orleans to Newark

1,167 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSY–EWR arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,105 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.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel4.5%
    Flights110
  • United Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights995

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline18%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)42%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather88%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 24 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 MSY → EWR

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 70% to 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 1,478 flights
  • Overnights83% on time · p90 45 min · 149 flights · limited
  • Middays82% on time · p90 35 min · 1,209 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 90 min · 1,042 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 537 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 539 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 50 min · 572 flights
  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 523 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 45 min · 577 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 50 min · 579 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 65 min · 586 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.