Route Reliability
New Orleans → Boston
MSY–BOS · 1,367 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport
- 62%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 27 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.9%
- Cancelled
- 859
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Delta Air Lines64%372 flights
- 2.JetBlue Airways61%477 flights
Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (8 flights), American Airlines (2 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
MSY–BOS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 79% of the time, versus 53% between 6–9 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
MSY–BOS flights arrived on time 76% of the time on Saturdays and just 54% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Not much between Delta Air Lines and JetBlue Airways.
On this route they all land within 61% to 64% on time. Pick on schedule and price.
Ticking up lately.
MSY–BOS flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% 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
- Mon55%(127 flights)
- Tue67%(103 flights)
- Wed65%(109 flights)
- Thu54%(129 flights)
- Fri62%(131 flights)
- Sat76%(113 flights)
- Sun58%(131 flights)
- 6–9 AM79%(53 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM76%(79 flights)
- 12–3 PM58%(478 flights)
- 3–6 PM67%(133 flights)
- 6–9 PM53%(100 flights)
Jun 52% → May 73% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 52% | 66 |
| July 2025 | 50% | 62 |
| August 2025 | 64% | 53 |
| September 2025 | 32% | 59 |
| October 2025 | 47% | 95 |
| November 2025 | 73% | 80 |
| December 2025 | 65% | 72 |
| January 2026 | 78% | 60 |
| February 2026 | 64% | 63 |
| March 2026 | 73% | 78 |
| April 2026 | 70% | 77 |
| May 2026 | 73% | 78 |
Keep nerding
Based on 859 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.