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Route Reliability

Miami → New Orleans

MIAMSY · 674 miles · Miami International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
1,546
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines73%1,441 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines69%101 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MIA–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 65% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MIA–MSY flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 64% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

MIA–MSY flights arrived on time 73% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(228 flights)
  • Tue79%(205 flights)
  • Wed83%(206 flights)
  • Thu70%(220 flights)
  • Fri70%(230 flights)
  • Sat73%(204 flights)
  • Sun64%(224 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(194 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(208 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(8 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(366 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(327 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(414 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 65% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%127
July 202557%127
August 202562%138
September 202576%110
October 202582%139
November 202577%138
December 202577%121
January 202681%126
February 202679%128
March 202676%120
April 202677%119
May 202668%124

Based on 1,546 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.