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Route Reliability

Cincinnati → New Orleans

CVGMSY · 701 miles · Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.8%
Cancelled
56
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Allegiant Air86% on time · 53 flights
  • Frontier Airlines100% on time · 3 flights

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

What the data says

The 9 AM–12 PM departure wins.

CVG–MSY flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 82% between 6–9 AM.

Sunday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 86% on time on Sundays against 82% on Thursdays.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon(1 flights)
  • Tue(3 flights)
  • Wed(1 flights)
  • Thu82%(22 flights)
  • Fri(2 flights)
  • Sat(4 flights)
  • Sun86%(21 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(33 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(7 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(4 flights)

Based on 56 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.