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Route Reliability

Orlando → New Orleans

MCO–MSY · 551 miles · Orlando International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,300
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines82%157 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines75%1,571 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines74%572 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MCO–MSY flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MCO–MSY flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 67% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 74%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(366 flights)
  • Tue84%(287 flights)
  • Wed80%(283 flights)
  • Thu75%(338 flights)
  • Fri75%(366 flights)
  • Sat73%(273 flights)
  • Sun67%(363 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(394 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(458 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(217 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(402 flights)
  • 6–9 PM60%(501 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM60%(281 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 72% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%209
July 202570%221
August 202570%155
September 202589%142
October 202576%215
November 202579%194
December 202572%181
January 202672%193
February 202679%209
March 202672%180
April 202682%201
May 202672%176

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Based on 2,300 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.