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MSY → IAD

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Washington Dulles International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
91.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.5%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
111 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
622
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 30%
  • Air traffic control & airport 25%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • 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 97.8% 45
October 2025 90.9% 55
November 2025 91.7% 60
December 2025 93.8% 48
January 2026 95.3% 45
February 2026 90.0% 50
March 2026 90.2% 51
April 2026 95.0% 60
May 2026 85.7% 70
June 2026 88.6% 44
July 2026 91.5% 48
August 2026 93.5% 46

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
United Airlines 608 91.7% 0.5% 113 min
Republic Airways 11 90.9% 0.0% 16 min
Frontier Airlines 3 100.0% 0.0% —

Delay odds by flight

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

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