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Route Reliability

New Orleans → Dallas–Fort Worth

MSY–DFW · 448 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
22 min
Average arrival delay
3.6%
Cancelled
2,827
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines73%2,591 flights
  2. 2.Spirit Airlines70%207 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (29 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSY–DFW flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSY–DFW flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 66%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 73% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 70%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(401 flights)
  • Tue78%(350 flights)
  • Wed74%(360 flights)
  • Thu73%(420 flights)
  • Fri78%(410 flights)
  • Sat70%(355 flights)
  • Sun66%(421 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM86%(306 flights)
  • 6–9 AM81%(382 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(809 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(314 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(450 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(407 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(49 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 64% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%231
July 202557%243
August 202567%229
September 202579%228
October 202576%254
November 202579%220
December 202577%200
January 202676%181
February 202684%208
March 202677%241
April 202673%250
May 202669%232

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,827 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.