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ORD → MSY

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

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
74.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
78 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,426
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 48%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 26%
  • Air traffic control & airport 18%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • 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 88.7% 142
October 2025 85.5% 235
November 2025 82.4% 218
December 2025 66.3% 186
January 2026 73.1% 200
February 2026 78.0% 220
March 2026 68.4% 248
April 2026 70.2% 225
May 2026 76.4% 184
June 2026 70.5% 206
July 2026 67.2% 182
August 2026 69.1% 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 76.6% 1.4% 70 min
Envoy Air 464 81.5% 2.4% 69 min
American Airlines 426 59.3% 3.1% 93 min
Republic Airways 395 79.9% 1.5% 74 min
NK 191 69.7% 6.8% 88 min
SkyWest Airlines 96 76.6% 2.1% 64 min
Frontier Airlines 11 81.8% 0.0% 126 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • UA1761

    40% late · 162 flights

  • NK394

    48% late · 107 flights

  • MQ4152

    12% late · 85 flights

  • UA1899

    27% late · 85 flights

  • MQ4177

    20% late · 77 flights

  • AA2198

    49% late · 76 flights

  • YX4748

    11% late · 76 flights

  • UA426

    28% late · 56 flights

  • AA2293

    47% late · 54 flights

  • MQ3896

    37% late · 53 flights

  • AA1195

    40% late · 49 flights

  • UA1850

    9% late · 47 flights

  • UA1868

    23% late · 47 flights

  • YX4720

    29% late · 45 flights

  • AA677

    52% late · 44 flights

  • UA304

    12% late · 40 flights

  • YX3658

    21% late · 40 flights

  • YX3687

    18% late · 40 flights

  • MQ3581

    32% late · 37 flights

  • MQ3593

    14% late · 37 flights

  • UA441

    22% late · 37 flights

  • UA570

    6% late · 37 flights

  • MQ3928

    3% late · 33 flights

  • NK476

    0% late · 33 flights

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