Route
LAX → MSY
Los Angeles International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.0%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 71 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,431
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 51%
- Late-arriving aircraft 34%
- Air traffic control & airport 15%
- Extreme weather 1%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 88.5% | 122 |
| October 2025 | 84.0% | 176 |
| November 2025 | 72.9% | 141 |
| December 2025 | 78.5% | 146 |
| January 2026 | 78.0% | 110 |
| February 2026 | 79.4% | 109 |
| March 2026 | 67.3% | 115 |
| April 2026 | 81.2% | 112 |
| May 2026 | 72.6% | 107 |
| June 2026 | 71.7% | 101 |
| July 2026 | 69.9% | 103 |
| August 2026 | 89.9% | 89 |
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 | 949 | 81.5% | 0.4% | 74 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 356 | 69.9% | 0.3% | 52 min |
| NK | 126 | 74.6% | 3.2% | 123 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL2096
28% late · 243 flights
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DL2154
25% late · 228 flights
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DL1112
9% late · 224 flights
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DL872
6% late · 110 flights
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DL2132
17% late · 92 flights
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WN799
38% late · 64 flights
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NK221
17% late · 36 flights
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DL778
3% late · 31 flights
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NK612
39% late · 31 flights
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WN2870
39% late · 31 flights
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WN3071
18% late · 28 flights
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WN3397
7% late · 27 flights
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WN4311
22% late · 27 flights
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WN901
28% late · 25 flights
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NK1542
12% late · 24 flights
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DL1451
29% late · 21 flights
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