Route Reliability
Austin → New Orleans
AUS–MSY · 445 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- 78%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.4%
- Cancelled
- 2,067
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines80%525 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines77%1,538 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
AUS–MSY flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AUS–MSY flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 72%.
Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.
Slipping a little lately.
AUS–MSY flights arrived on time 73% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon78%(327 flights)
- Tue84%(289 flights)
- Wed83%(287 flights)
- Thu73%(325 flights)
- Fri75%(328 flights)
- Sat83%(187 flights)
- Sun72%(312 flights)
- 3–6 AM98%(52 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(437 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM91%(139 flights)
- 12–3 PM77%(546 flights)
- 3–6 PM67%(440 flights)
- 6–9 PM72%(266 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM59%(175 flights)
Jun 71% → May 74% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 71% | 187 |
| July 2025 | 69% | 192 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 181 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 177 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 198 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 166 |
| December 2025 | 75% | 161 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 151 |
| February 2026 | 81% | 156 |
| March 2026 | 70% | 167 |
| April 2026 | 74% | 160 |
| May 2026 | 74% | 159 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,067 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.