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MDW → MSY

Chicago Midway International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
55 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,012
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 49%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 37%
  • Air traffic control & airport 12%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • 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 79.0% 81
October 2025 78.4% 97
November 2025 85.5% 79
December 2025 73.4% 79
January 2026 87.9% 66
February 2026 84.8% 66
March 2026 75.6% 93
April 2026 76.4% 91
May 2026 67.4% 92
June 2026 61.4% 90
July 2026 71.9% 93
August 2026 58.8% 85

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 1,012 74.4% 1.4% 55 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN1434

    22% late · 64 flights

  • WN2232

    14% late · 64 flights

  • WN2671

    31% late · 58 flights

  • WN2727

    7% late · 58 flights

  • WN2836

    39% late · 52 flights

  • WN1442

    28% late · 50 flights

  • WN2015

    16% late · 50 flights

  • WN3209

    21% late · 40 flights

  • WN3743

    71% late · 36 flights

  • WN2834

    23% late · 35 flights

  • WN2375

    10% late · 31 flights

  • WN3851

    10% late · 31 flights

  • WN1706

    32% late · 28 flights

  • WN2381

    7% late · 28 flights

  • WN2549

    12% late · 28 flights

  • WN2729

    30% late · 27 flights

  • WN573

    22% late · 23 flights

  • WN5702

    32% late · 22 flights

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