Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in February 2024

85.2%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,041 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 83.9% of the time (4,046 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.2%	—	76.0%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.6%	—	76.9%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	17.3 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	135	—	135	17,307
Scheduled departures	4,041	—	49,152	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,483	37%	81.6%	3.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	571	14%	90.2%	-3.0 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	525	13%	87.4%	-0.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	485	12%	85.2%	1.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	454	11%	84.1%	1.7 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	136	3%	85.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	135	3%	77.8%	7.9 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	79	2%	78.5%	4.0 min	1.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	1%	93.1%	-12.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	48	1%	89.6%	-6.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	47	1%	85.1%	-5.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	12	0%	91.7%	-14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	393	87.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	244	80.7%	6.3 min	0.0%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	224	86.6%	0.0 min	0.0%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	223	94.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	222	82.0%	7.5 min	0.0%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	183	80.3%	3.6 min	0.0%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	178	84.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	172	87.2%	0.5 min	0.0%
MSY–CLT	New Orleans to Charlotte	141	87.9%	-1.4 min	0.0%
MSY–FLL	New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale	141	83.7%	3.1 min	0.7%
MSY–LGA	New Orleans to New York	141	83.7%	3.6 min	0.0%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	139	79.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	35.9%	9,132
Late-arriving aircraft	44.8%	36.9%	14,528
National Aviation System	23.2%	21.7%	7,524
Extreme weather	3.1%	5.3%	1,021
Security	0.7%	0.3%	231

32,436 delay minutes on 613 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 February 2024?

85.2% of 4,041 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.