Route Reliability
Detroit → New Orleans
DTW–MSY · 926 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- 85%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.2%
- Cancelled
- 846
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines85%628 flights
- 2.Spirit Airlines84%195 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (23 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
DTW–MSY flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 73% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DTW–MSY flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Saturdays and just 78% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Not much between Delta Air Lines and Spirit Airlines.
On this route they all land within 84% to 85% on time. Pick on schedule and price.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–MSY flights arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
- Mon88%(129 flights)
- Tue84%(97 flights)
- Wed86%(105 flights)
- Thu85%(130 flights)
- Fri82%(134 flights)
- Sat94%(100 flights)
- Sun78%(140 flights)
- 3–6 AM—(6 flights)
- 6–9 AM84%(382 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM93%(43 flights)
- 12–3 PM88%(280 flights)
- 3–6 PM79%(93 flights)
- 6–9 PM73%(30 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
Jun 77% → May 93% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 77% | 70 |
| July 2025 | 76% | 71 |
| August 2025 | 77% | 57 |
| September 2025 | 85% | 52 |
| October 2025 | 94% | 93 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 76 |
| December 2025 | 78% | 59 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 66 |
| February 2026 | 91% | 85 |
| March 2026 | 91% | 80 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 68 |
| May 2026 | 93% | 58 |
Keep nerding
Based on 846 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.