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MSY → DCA

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
70.5%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
3.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
93 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,949
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 46%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 24%
  • Air traffic control & airport 18%
  • Extreme weather 12%
  • 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 72.5% 142
October 2025 71.9% 153
November 2025 74.1% 169
December 2025 74.1% 176
January 2026 80.5% 173
February 2026 71.7% 165
March 2026 63.7% 189
April 2026 76.1% 177
May 2026 65.7% 171
June 2026 65.2% 142
July 2026 54.0% 146
August 2026 72.3% 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 67.8% 0.9% 70 min
OH 591 68.9% 6.4% 129 min
American Airlines 480 72.8% 2.5% 93 min
Republic Airways 174 80.0% 1.7% 55 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OH5534

    34% late · 90 flights

  • AA2137

    16% late · 77 flights

  • OH5313

    31% late · 75 flights

  • OH5670

    53% late · 75 flights

  • OH5677

    19% late · 74 flights

  • AA967

    44% late · 64 flights

  • AA2942

    10% late · 62 flights

  • WN2041

    12% late · 58 flights

  • AA1788

    38% late · 55 flights

  • OH5323

    28% late · 54 flights

  • WN1726

    26% late · 47 flights

  • WN2154

    26% late · 46 flights

  • OH5368

    20% late · 44 flights

  • OH5333

    12% late · 43 flights

  • YX4745

    16% late · 38 flights

  • WN2990

    71% late · 36 flights

  • WN857

    47% late · 36 flights

  • YX4421

    26% late · 36 flights

  • WN1921

    19% late · 34 flights

  • WN1553

    58% late · 33 flights

  • YX4663

    12% late · 33 flights

  • AA2528

    34% late · 32 flights

  • WN2509

    35% late · 31 flights

  • WN3199

    65% late · 31 flights

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