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MSY → ORD

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Chicago O'Hare International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.7%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.6%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
97 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,424
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 35%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 31%
  • Air traffic control & airport 29%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • 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 93.6% 142
October 2025 78.7% 235
November 2025 77.3% 217
December 2025 76.2% 185
January 2026 79.4% 199
February 2026 81.7% 220
March 2026 74.4% 248
April 2026 70.9% 226
May 2026 84.4% 184
June 2026 68.0% 206
July 2026 79.2% 182
August 2026 73.7% 180

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 843 82.5% 1.4% 85 min
Envoy Air 463 81.4% 1.9% 73 min
American Airlines 425 67.8% 3.1% 149 min
Republic Airways 396 78.6% 3.0% 80 min
NK 190 72.2% 7.4% 79 min
SkyWest Airlines 96 69.1% 2.1% 70 min
Frontier Airlines 11 63.6% 0.0% 69 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA1495

    24% late · 139 flights

  • NK391

    34% late · 107 flights

  • UA310

    13% late · 92 flights

  • MQ4152

    23% late · 85 flights

  • UA1301

    34% late · 77 flights

  • AA2198

    58% late · 76 flights

  • YX4748

    13% late · 76 flights

  • AA2872

    22% late · 53 flights

  • UA2488

    8% late · 53 flights

  • MQ3722

    6% late · 52 flights

  • UA1580

    7% late · 48 flights

  • UA1830

    15% late · 48 flights

  • UA2179

    21% late · 47 flights

  • UA2420

    11% late · 47 flights

  • UA1677

    20% late · 45 flights

  • YX4720

    42% late · 45 flights

  • AA2743

    18% late · 44 flights

  • MQ4177

    22% late · 41 flights

  • NK477

    20% late · 41 flights

  • YX3597

    11% late · 40 flights

  • MQ3593

    17% late · 37 flights

  • MQ4201

    28% late · 37 flights

  • UA2138

    11% late · 37 flights

  • MQ3580

    19% late · 36 flights

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