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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → New Orleans

PHL–MSY · 1,089 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

71
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
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. 1.American Airlines78%948 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines73%160 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–MSY flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 71%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 73%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(175 flights)
  • Tue83%(122 flights)
  • Wed77%(128 flights)
  • Thu77%(171 flights)
  • Fri77%(173 flights)
  • Sat85%(126 flights)
  • Sun71%(173 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM83%(355 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(171 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(192 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(63 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(212 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(75 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 57% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%83
July 202574%77
August 202581%96
September 202581%88
October 202569%97
November 202591%76
December 202554%82
January 202674%77
February 202688%90
March 202686%94
April 202683%107
May 202688%101

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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.