Route Reliability
Portland → New Orleans
PDX–MSY · 2,051 miles · Portland International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
97
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 93%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0.9%
- Cancelled
- 114
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 93% of the time across 114 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
PDX–MSY flights arrived on time 100% of the time on Wednesdays and just 83% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon94%(18 flights)
- Tue94%(17 flights)
- Wed100%(12 flights)
- Thu83%(18 flights)
- Fri83%(18 flights)
- Sat100%(13 flights)
- Sun100%(17 flights)
91%
May
Jan 94% → May 91% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 94% | 17 |
| February 2026 | 92% | 25 |
| March 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 91% | 11 |
Keep nerding
Based on 114 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.