Route Reliability
New Orleans → Chicago
MSY–ORD · 837 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.0%
- Cancelled
- 2,384
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines83%1,061 flights
- 2.American Airlines79%1,079 flights
- 3.Spirit Airlines73%233 flights
Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (11 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
MSY–ORD flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.
Tuesday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 83% on time on Tuesdays against 77% on Sundays.
United Airlines runs this route best.
United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 73%.
Slipping a little lately.
MSY–ORD flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
- Mon78%(350 flights)
- Tue83%(308 flights)
- Wed81%(312 flights)
- Thu82%(347 flights)
- Fri78%(351 flights)
- Sat82%(296 flights)
- Sun77%(351 flights)
- 3–6 AM94%(31 flights)
- 6–9 AM87%(567 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM82%(694 flights)
- 12–3 PM77%(631 flights)
- 3–6 PM74%(326 flights)
- 6–9 PM61%(66 flights)
Jun 85% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 85% | 187 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 177 |
| August 2025 | 85% | 151 |
| September 2025 | 94% | 140 |
| October 2025 | 80% | 235 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 207 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 185 |
| January 2026 | 80% | 194 |
| February 2026 | 83% | 219 |
| March 2026 | 75% | 227 |
| April 2026 | 71% | 213 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 180 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 2,384 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.