Route Reliability
Denver → New Orleans
DEN–MSY · 1,062 miles · Denver International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 6 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.4%
- Cancelled
- 2,264
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines85%1,017 flights
- 2.Frontier Airlines80%188 flights
- 3.Southwest Airlines69%1,059 flights
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DEN–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DEN–MSY flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Mondays. On Fridays: 73%.
United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.
United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 69%.
Recent months have been rougher.
DEN–MSY flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
- Mon81%(359 flights)
- Tue78%(255 flights)
- Wed78%(284 flights)
- Thu75%(375 flights)
- Fri73%(368 flights)
- Sat75%(231 flights)
- Sun78%(380 flights)
- 6–9 AM92%(278 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM84%(617 flights)
- 12–3 PM77%(482 flights)
- 3–6 PM71%(474 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(378 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM74%(23 flights)
Jun 54% → May 71% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 54% | 156 |
| July 2025 | 55% | 159 |
| August 2025 | 74% | 147 |
| September 2025 | 82% | 155 |
| October 2025 | 77% | 225 |
| November 2025 | 90% | 196 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 190 |
| January 2026 | 86% | 173 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 206 |
| March 2026 | 74% | 226 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 214 |
| May 2026 | 71% | 205 |
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Based on 2,264 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.