Route
MSY → LAX
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.3%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 77 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,428
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 44%
- Late-arriving aircraft 44%
- Air traffic control & airport 9%
- Extreme weather 3%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 86.0% | 121 |
| October 2025 | 80.3% | 175 |
| November 2025 | 84.3% | 141 |
| December 2025 | 78.5% | 145 |
| January 2026 | 78.7% | 110 |
| February 2026 | 81.5% | 109 |
| March 2026 | 82.3% | 115 |
| April 2026 | 78.6% | 112 |
| May 2026 | 70.1% | 107 |
| June 2026 | 70.0% | 101 |
| July 2026 | 66.7% | 103 |
| August 2026 | 76.4% | 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 | 83.0% | 0.5% | 85 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 356 | 65.4% | 0.0% | 61 min |
| NK | 123 | 79.3% | 1.6% | 109 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL2085
7% late · 364 flights
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DL1112
12% late · 140 flights
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DL1102
33% late · 85 flights
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DL2131
18% late · 84 flights
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DL690
11% late · 62 flights
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WN2877
31% late · 55 flights
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WN3610
35% late · 49 flights
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DL2096
34% late · 45 flights
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WN3004
67% late · 43 flights
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DL933
17% late · 36 flights
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NK220
23% late · 35 flights
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DL909
17% late · 31 flights
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NK613
34% late · 31 flights
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WN840
29% late · 28 flights
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DL1114
50% late · 24 flights
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NK1541
8% late · 24 flights
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WN571
12% late · 24 flights
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DL2097
52% late · 21 flights
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WN1384
15% late · 21 flights
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WN1456
38% late · 21 flights
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