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Route Reliability

Charlotte → New Orleans

CLT–MSY · 650 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,770
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines79% on time · 1,680 flights
  • Spirit Airlines83% on time · 85 flights
  • Frontier Airlines100% on time · 5 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

CLT–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

CLT–MSY flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(278 flights)
  • Tue84%(220 flights)
  • Wed88%(219 flights)
  • Thu79%(267 flights)
  • Fri79%(271 flights)
  • Sat78%(209 flights)
  • Sun74%(277 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(423 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(254 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(303 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(311 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(183 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(267 flights)
On-time trend by month
75%
May

Jun 74% → May 75% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%152
July 202566%166
August 202577%127
September 202590%107
October 202586%164
November 202590%153
December 202578%145
January 202680%110
February 202682%135
March 202682%151
April 202681%169
May 202675%162

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Based on 1,770 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.