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ATL → MSY

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
81.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
64 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,002
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 39%
  • Air traffic control & airport 14%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 88.5% 304
October 2025 82.9% 392
November 2025 87.1% 371
December 2025 78.9% 356
January 2026 81.4% 308
February 2026 85.9% 316
March 2026 80.0% 347
April 2026 85.0% 335
May 2026 76.2% 348
June 2026 82.9% 303
July 2026 66.7% 313
August 2026 80.8% 309

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Delta Air Lines 3,276 83.5% 1.5% 64 min
Southwest Airlines 342 77.9% 0.3% 57 min
Frontier Airlines 275 61.2% 2.5% 72 min
NK 106 79.8% 1.9% 55 min
American Airlines 3 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL2542

    12% late · 362 flights

  • DL1424

    9% late · 349 flights

  • DL1450

    24% late · 348 flights

  • DL2224

    17% late · 331 flights

  • DL3128

    7% late · 326 flights

  • DL3146

    23% late · 255 flights

  • DL3157

    17% late · 250 flights

  • DL3132

    28% late · 240 flights

  • DL2072

    25% late · 216 flights

  • F92051

    35% late · 157 flights

  • DL2361

    12% late · 110 flights

  • DL1927

    14% late · 108 flights

  • F91371

    43% late · 108 flights

  • DL1217

    14% late · 90 flights

  • DL409

    12% late · 85 flights

  • DL1047

    16% late · 73 flights

  • WN436

    14% late · 73 flights

  • DL1506

    10% late · 72 flights

  • WN3933

    39% late · 57 flights

  • WN2652

    4% late · 47 flights

  • WN1504

    15% late · 33 flights

  • NK160

    34% late · 30 flights

  • NK1980

    10% late · 30 flights

  • NK2482

    13% late · 30 flights

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