Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in January 2024

72.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,065 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 72.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.4% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 1.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 69.0% of the time (4,060 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 72.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSY in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	72.6%	—	76.0%	74.0%
Arrived on time	72.4%	—	76.9%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.8%	—	1.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.4 min	—	17.3 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	136	—	135	18,242
Scheduled departures	4,065	—	49,152	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,612	40%	69.5%	11.9 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	583	14%	84.2%	1.1 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	515	13%	72.0%	23.8 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	493	12%	71.6%	8.1 min	11.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	345	8%	73.0%	11.6 min	0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	132	3%	68.9%	23.1 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	99	2%	64.6%	15.7 min	2.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	69	2%	73.9%	17.6 min	1.4%
OH PSA Airlines	66	2%	65.2%	8.8 min	10.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	51	1%	66.7%	19.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	50	1%	70.0%	23.6 min	2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	1%	70.0%	11.3 min	10.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	382	82.7%	3.8 min	0.3%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	229	72.1%	9.3 min	8.7%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	229	72.5%	14.0 min	0.4%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	215	61.9%	36.7 min	1.4%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	208	67.8%	6.4 min	13.0%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	197	68.5%	16.2 min	2.0%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	196	68.4%	14.0 min	2.0%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	177	69.5%	15.3 min	0.6%
MSY–AUS	New Orleans to Austin	168	62.5%	19.1 min	0.6%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	144	66.0%	12.1 min	7.6%
MSY–LGA	New Orleans to New York	144	75.0%	8.4 min	0.0%
MSY–CLT	New Orleans to Charlotte	142	84.5%	3.7 min	0.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	32.6%	22,856
Late-arriving aircraft	46.0%	39.0%	34,645
National Aviation System	18.2%	17.9%	13,698
Extreme weather	5.6%	10.3%	4,193
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

75,394 delay minutes on 1,001 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 January 2024?

72.6% of 4,065 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.