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DCA → MSY

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
72.9%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
73 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,948
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 57%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 1%

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 80.3% 142
October 2025 77.8% 153
November 2025 71.7% 169
December 2025 72.4% 176
January 2026 82.7% 173
February 2026 68.5% 165
March 2026 75.4% 189
April 2026 76.7% 177
May 2026 68.1% 170
June 2026 69.4% 142
July 2026 62.2% 146
August 2026 66.9% 146

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
Southwest Airlines 704 70.8% 2.8% 64 min
OH 591 72.5% 5.4% 79 min
American Airlines 479 73.5% 2.7% 88 min
Republic Airways 174 81.0% 0.0% 38 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OH5534

    30% late · 97 flights

  • OH5313

    28% late · 75 flights

  • OH5670

    39% late · 75 flights

  • AA3175

    32% late · 64 flights

  • AA2942

    8% late · 62 flights

  • WN1453

    52% late · 60 flights

  • WN1204

    21% late · 58 flights

  • AA1788

    36% late · 55 flights

  • OH5323

    20% late · 54 flights

  • WN1035

    24% late · 50 flights

  • WN1755

    45% late · 50 flights

  • WN2389

    24% late · 46 flights

  • OH5368

    25% late · 44 flights

  • OH5462

    14% late · 44 flights

  • WN311

    26% late · 42 flights

  • WN3438

    18% late · 40 flights

  • YX4745

    18% late · 38 flights

  • WN2278

    17% late · 36 flights

  • YX4421

    25% late · 36 flights

  • WN2402

    39% late · 33 flights

  • YX4663

    9% late · 33 flights

  • AA2071

    24% late · 32 flights

  • AA2528

    23% late · 32 flights

  • WN2382

    16% late · 31 flights

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