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STL → MSY

St. Louis Lambert International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.1%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
63 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
734
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 70%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 16%
  • Air traffic control & airport 11%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • Security 2%

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% 47
October 2025 79.3% 82
November 2025 82.5% 57
December 2025 85.2% 61
January 2026 88.9% 63
February 2026 91.5% 71
March 2026 79.1% 68
April 2026 88.5% 61
May 2026 82.0% 61
June 2026 69.1% 56
July 2026 74.1% 58
August 2026 79.6% 49

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 734 82.8% 0.1% 63 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • WN4500

    9% late · 57 flights

  • WN3964

    50% late · 52 flights

  • WN4780

    8% late · 52 flights

  • WN3809

    10% late · 50 flights

  • WN4501

    22% late · 50 flights

  • WN1145

    6% late · 47 flights

  • WN1137

    13% late · 46 flights

  • WN623

    15% late · 33 flights

  • WN725

    31% late · 33 flights

  • WN2501

    6% late · 31 flights

  • WN2557

    4% late · 26 flights

  • WN2151

    4% late · 24 flights

  • WN3870

    12% late · 24 flights

  • WN3036

    24% late · 21 flights

  • WN4005

    25% late · 20 flights

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