Route Reliability
New Orleans → Philadelphia
MSY–PHL · 1,089 miles · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport
- 81%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 15 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.3%
- Cancelled
- 1,108
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.American Airlines83%948 flights
- 2.Frontier Airlines73%160 flights
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
MSY–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
MSY–PHL flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays and just 74% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
American Airlines runs this route best.
American Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon79%(177 flights)
- Tue84%(120 flights)
- Wed91%(127 flights)
- Thu83%(167 flights)
- Fri80%(173 flights)
- Sat83%(127 flights)
- Sun74%(177 flights)
- 3–6 AM86%(29 flights)
- 6–9 AM90%(241 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(327 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(201 flights)
- 3–6 PM75%(183 flights)
- 6–9 PM73%(45 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM64%(42 flights)
Jun 76% → May 86% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 76% | 84 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 80 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 94 |
| September 2025 | 85% | 88 |
| October 2025 | 78% | 96 |
| November 2025 | 83% | 76 |
| December 2025 | 69% | 80 |
| January 2026 | 77% | 79 |
| February 2026 | 86% | 88 |
| March 2026 | 84% | 95 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 106 |
| May 2026 | 86% | 102 |
Keep nerding
Based on 1,108 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.