Route Reliability
San Francisco → New Orleans
SFO–MSY · 1,911 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.2%
- Cancelled
- 525
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- United Airlines82% on time · 524 flights
- American Airlines100% on time · 1 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
SFO–MSY flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 59% between 6–9 PM.
Wednesday is the weak spot.
SFO–MSY flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 79%.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 525 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.
Recent months have been rougher.
SFO–MSY flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon80%(76 flights)
- Tue84%(63 flights)
- Wed79%(79 flights)
- Thu84%(79 flights)
- Fri80%(80 flights)
- Sat86%(62 flights)
- Sun84%(82 flights)
- 6–9 AM97%(128 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM85%(155 flights)
- 12–3 PM68%(119 flights)
- 3–6 PM81%(99 flights)
- 6–9 PM59%(17 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
Jun 89% → May 50% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 89% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 58% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 94% | 36 |
| October 2025 | 96% | 56 |
| November 2025 | 86% | 56 |
| December 2025 | 88% | 42 |
| January 2026 | 83% | 57 |
| February 2026 | 92% | 50 |
| March 2026 | 91% | 35 |
| April 2026 | 67% | 55 |
| May 2026 | 50% | 44 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 525 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.