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Route Reliability

New Orleans → Minneapolis

MSY–MSP · 1,040 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
444
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 444 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 85% and 86% across the day.

Saturday is the weak spot.

MSY–MSP flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Mondays. On Saturdays: 78%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(64 flights)
  • Tue88%(60 flights)
  • Wed87%(61 flights)
  • Thu82%(65 flights)
  • Fri83%(63 flights)
  • Sat78%(58 flights)
  • Sun87%(61 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM86%(105 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(326 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 63% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%32
July 202573%30
August 2025100%30
September 202577%30
October 202594%31
November 202593%30
December 202583%30
January 202690%30
February 202687%39
March 202684%56
April 202688%58
May 202683%36

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Based on 444 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.