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Airport month · August 2023
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,914 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 75.5% of the time (3,912 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 79.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.0% | — | 76.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 79.8% | — | 76.9% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | — | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.0 min | — | 17.3 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 131 | — | 135 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,914 | — | 49,152 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,587 | 41% | 81.5% | 3.0 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 566 | 14% | 78.4% | 12.3 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 539 | 14% | 76.3% | 14.7 min | 1.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 502 | 13% | 88.8% | -4.3 min | 0.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 280 | 7% | 73.2% | 11.9 min | 1.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 160 | 4% | 81.9% | 0.1 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 124 | 3% | 65.3% | 23.5 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 52 | 1% | 57.7% | 16.3 min | 3.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 51 | 1% | 64.7% | 9.3 min | 2.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 21 | 1% | 95.2% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 17 | 0% | 82.4% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSY–ATL | New Orleans to Atlanta | 365 | 76.2% | 13.8 min | 1.4% |
| MSY–IAH | New Orleans to Houston | 269 | 87.0% | -5.1 min | 0.7% |
| MSY–DFW | New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth | 260 | 78.8% | 5.9 min | 1.9% |
| MSY–AUS | New Orleans to Austin | 201 | 85.1% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| MSY–DAL | New Orleans to Dallas | 197 | 84.3% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSY–HOU | New Orleans to Houston | 182 | 87.9% | -3.1 min | 0.5% |
| MSY–MCO | New Orleans to Orlando | 171 | 68.4% | 15.0 min | 0.6% |
| MSY–DEN | New Orleans to Denver | 164 | 81.1% | 2.0 min | 1.2% |
| MSY–DCA | New Orleans to Washington | 151 | 83.4% | 0.8 min | 2.0% |
| MSY–FLL | New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale | 143 | 76.9% | 5.2 min | 1.4% |
| MSY–MIA | New Orleans to Miami | 139 | 69.8% | 19.5 min | 0.7% |
| MSY–LAX | New Orleans to Los Angeles | 131 | 87.8% | 6.5 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSY on time in August 2023?
79.0% of 3,914 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MSY · methodology · corrections.