Route Reliability
New Orleans → Washington
MSY–DCA · 969 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- 72%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 19 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.9%
- Cancelled
- 1,956
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.American Airlines73%1,249 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines69%707 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
MSY–DCA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 56% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
MSY–DCA flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 67%.
American Airlines has a slight edge here.
American Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 69%.
Slipping a little lately.
MSY–DCA flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon74%(280 flights)
- Tue75%(280 flights)
- Wed73%(278 flights)
- Thu67%(279 flights)
- Fri67%(281 flights)
- Sat81%(198 flights)
- Sun67%(290 flights)
- 3–6 AM86%(87 flights)
- 6–9 AM88%(180 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(594 flights)
- 12–3 PM77%(223 flights)
- 3–6 PM56%(773 flights)
- 6–9 PM66%(29 flights)
Jun 59% → May 66% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 59% | 138 |
| July 2025 | 64% | 128 |
| August 2025 | 73% | 143 |
| September 2025 | 73% | 142 |
| October 2025 | 73% | 153 |
| November 2025 | 75% | 166 |
| December 2025 | 75% | 174 |
| January 2026 | 81% | 159 |
| February 2026 | 74% | 159 |
| March 2026 | 67% | 179 |
| April 2026 | 77% | 176 |
| May 2026 | 66% | 169 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 1,956 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.