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Route Reliability

New Orleans → New York

MSY–LGA · 1,183 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to LaGuardia Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
71%
Arrive within 15 minutes
20 min
Average arrival delay
3.4%
Cancelled
1,423
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines76%720 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines71%334 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines62%365 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 flights do better here.

MSY–LGA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 59% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

MSY–LGA flights arrived on time 79% of the time on Saturdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 76% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 62%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.4% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon70%(195 flights)
  • Tue74%(200 flights)
  • Wed75%(205 flights)
  • Thu73%(196 flights)
  • Fri70%(208 flights)
  • Sat79%(148 flights)
  • Sun60%(212 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(53 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(475 flights)
  • 12–3 PM65%(320 flights)
  • 3–6 PM59%(178 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(338 flights)
On-time trend by month
69%
May

Jun 51% → May 69% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202551%115
July 202567%111
August 202580%115
September 202586%116
October 202570%116
November 202571%111
December 202559%113
January 202692%106
February 202676%110
March 202663%114
April 202672%116
May 202669%121

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,423 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.