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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → New Orleans

LAX–MSY · 1,671 miles · Los Angeles 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
0.6%
Cancelled
1,542
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines83%968 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines77%208 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines73%366 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 69% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–MSY flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 73%.

Slipping a little lately.

LAX–MSY flights arrived on time 74% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(237 flights)
  • Tue84%(213 flights)
  • Wed87%(213 flights)
  • Thu80%(236 flights)
  • Fri78%(235 flights)
  • Sat80%(154 flights)
  • Sun74%(238 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(472 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(269 flights)
  • 12–3 PM69%(315 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(97 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(298 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM87%(75 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 79% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%139
July 202579%144
August 202590%115
September 202589%122
October 202585%175
November 202573%140
December 202581%144
January 202680%109
February 202680%107
March 202667%113
April 202681%112
May 202673%106

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,542 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.