Route Reliability
New Orleans → Denver
MSY–DEN · 1,062 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Denver International Airport
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.4%
- Cancelled
- 2,263
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines87%1,016 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines76%1,059 flights
- 3.Frontier Airlines71%188 flights
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
MSY–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.
Skip Thursday if you can.
MSY–DEN flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 77%.
United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.
United Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 71%.
Slipping a little lately.
MSY–DEN flights arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% 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
- Mon84%(363 flights)
- Tue82%(256 flights)
- Wed86%(283 flights)
- Thu77%(374 flights)
- Fri79%(364 flights)
- Sat79%(231 flights)
- Sun80%(377 flights)
- 3–6 AM92%(295 flights)
- 6–9 AM91%(462 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM89%(303 flights)
- 12–3 PM78%(382 flights)
- 3–6 PM69%(349 flights)
- 6–9 PM68%(442 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM87%(15 flights)
Jun 67% → May 76% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 67% | 152 |
| July 2025 | 73% | 159 |
| August 2025 | 75% | 146 |
| September 2025 | 83% | 155 |
| October 2025 | 82% | 223 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 198 |
| December 2025 | 82% | 188 |
| January 2026 | 84% | 173 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 207 |
| March 2026 | 83% | 228 |
| April 2026 | 84% | 214 |
| May 2026 | 76% | 205 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,263 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.