Route Reliability
New Orleans → Austin
MSY–AUS · 445 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
- 79%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.5%
- Cancelled
- 2,070
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines82%525 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines78%1,541 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.
MSY–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
MSY–AUS flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.
Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.
Slipping a little lately.
MSY–AUS flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
- Mon81%(324 flights)
- Tue88%(290 flights)
- Wed83%(289 flights)
- Thu73%(325 flights)
- Fri76%(328 flights)
- Sat81%(187 flights)
- Sun72%(314 flights)
- 3–6 AM89%(35 flights)
- 6–9 AM96%(388 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(441 flights)
- 12–3 PM71%(268 flights)
- 3–6 PM70%(493 flights)
- 6–9 PM72%(310 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM71%(122 flights)
Jun 70% → May 71% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 70% | 188 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 192 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 180 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 176 |
| October 2025 | 83% | 198 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 166 |
| December 2025 | 74% | 163 |
| January 2026 | 87% | 148 |
| February 2026 | 82% | 158 |
| March 2026 | 78% | 167 |
| April 2026 | 79% | 160 |
| May 2026 | 71% | 161 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,070 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.