Route Reliability
Chicago → New Orleans
ORD–MSY · 837 miles · Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- 75%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.8%
- Cancelled
- 2,386
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.United Airlines77%1,061 flights
- 2.American Airlines76%1,080 flights
- 3.Spirit Airlines67%234 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.
ORD–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 60% between 6–9 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
ORD–MSY flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.
United Airlines runs this route best.
United Airlines arrived on time 77% of the time on this route; Spirit Airlines managed 67%.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon72%(360 flights)
- Tue80%(313 flights)
- Wed76%(315 flights)
- Thu78%(351 flights)
- Fri75%(353 flights)
- Sat78%(296 flights)
- Sun71%(350 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(497 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(634 flights)
- 12–3 PM79%(326 flights)
- 3–6 PM73%(146 flights)
- 6–9 PM60%(640 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM67%(95 flights)
Jun 76% → May 77% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 76% | 188 |
| July 2025 | 63% | 180 |
| August 2025 | 78% | 154 |
| September 2025 | 89% | 141 |
| October 2025 | 86% | 235 |
| November 2025 | 82% | 210 |
| December 2025 | 66% | 184 |
| January 2026 | 73% | 197 |
| February 2026 | 78% | 218 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 231 |
| April 2026 | 71% | 218 |
| May 2026 | 77% | 182 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 2,386 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.