Historical on-time performance
Salt Lake City to New Orleans
1,428 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SLC–MSY arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 435 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time86%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.7%Flights435
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline48%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)29%
- Late aircraft18%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SLC → MSY
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 85% to 88% on time.
- Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 330 flights
- Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 539 flights
- Afternoons85% on time · p90 30 min · 323 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 90% on time.
- Sundays90% on time · p90 10 min · 176 flights · limited
- Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 159 flights · limited
- Fridays86% on time · p90 15 min · 181 flights · limited
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 158 flights · limited
- Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 182 flights · limited
- Saturdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 160 flights · limited
- Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 176 flights · limited
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