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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → New Orleans

MSP–MSY · 1,040 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
2.0%
Cancelled
444
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 444 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MSP–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 84% between 12–3 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

MSP–MSY flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon91%(65 flights)
  • Tue97%(61 flights)
  • Wed90%(61 flights)
  • Thu85%(65 flights)
  • Fri81%(63 flights)
  • Sat74%(57 flights)
  • Sun86%(62 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(39 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(67 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(327 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 81% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%32
July 202574%31
August 202597%30
September 202587%30
October 202590%31
November 202580%30
December 202587%31
January 202690%30
February 202687%39
March 202688%56
April 202690%58
May 202681%36

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Based on 444 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.