Route
DTW → MSY
Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
926 miles
Return route MSY → DTW →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 86.0%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 69 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 786
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 52%
- Air traffic control & airport 31%
- Late-arriving aircraft 15%
- Extreme weather 2%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
Aug 2026
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 84.6% | 52 |
| October 2025 | 92.5% | 93 |
| November 2025 | 85.5% | 76 |
| December 2025 | 76.3% | 62 |
| January 2026 | 69.7% | 66 |
| February 2026 | 90.6% | 86 |
| March 2026 | 90.0% | 81 |
| April 2026 | 92.6% | 68 |
| May 2026 | 93.1% | 62 |
| June 2026 | 86.8% | 54 |
| July 2026 | 73.1% | 54 |
| August 2026 | 93.5% | 32 |
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
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 621 | 86.2% | 1.9% | 67 min |
| NK | 142 | 83.7% | 0.7% | 76 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 23 | 95.7% | 0.0% | 96 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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