Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in November 2023

85.1%departed on time

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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,171 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 84.6% of the time (4,172 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MSY in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.1%	—	76.0%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.7%	—	76.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.5%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	—	17.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	139	—	135	18,793
Scheduled departures	4,171	—	49,152	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,665	40%	85.6%	-0.8 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	578	14%	90.0%	-3.9 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	562	13%	84.5%	10.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	471	11%	91.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	393	9%	78.9%	5.1 min	0.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	149	4%	72.5%	15.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	146	4%	87.0%	-2.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	59	1%	88.1%	-4.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	53	1%	86.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	53	1%	86.8%	-7.2 min	1.9%
YX Republic Airline	33	1%	97.0%	-10.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	55.6%	21.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	371	88.4%	0.3 min	0.3%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	256	84.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	233	78.1%	4.7 min	0.4%
MSY–AUS	New Orleans to Austin	218	82.1%	5.1 min	0.0%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	208	91.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	202	85.1%	-1.2 min	0.5%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	202	88.1%	-4.2 min	0.0%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	202	86.6%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	173	87.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	144	87.5%	-1.9 min	0.7%
MSY–CLT	New Orleans to Charlotte	142	87.3%	18.1 min	0.0%
MSY–FLL	New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale	142	76.1%	10.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	42.5%	14,290
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	37.3%	17,365
National Aviation System	12.8%	16.2%	4,691
Extreme weather	0.3%	3.7%	117
Security	0.8%	0.3%	279

36,742 delay minutes on 586 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MSY on time in November 2023?

85.1% of 4,171 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.