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Airport month · April 2024
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in April 2024
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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,320 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 77.6% of the time (4,323 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 16%.
- On time 79.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.8% | — | 76.0% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 79.9% | — | 76.9% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | — | 1.5% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.6 min | — | 17.3 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 144 | — | 135 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,320 | — | 49,152 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,632 | 38% | 77.7% | 8.4 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 695 | 16% | 74.0% | 23.2 min | 0.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 630 | 15% | 84.9% | 7.1 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 609 | 14% | 84.6% | 0.8 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 382 | 9% | 85.9% | -0.5 min | 0.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 120 | 3% | 80.0% | 9.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 66 | 2% | 75.8% | 29.8 min | 3.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 60 | 1% | 70.0% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 53 | 1% | 81.1% | 4.1 min | 5.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 41 | 1% | 85.4% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 23 | 1% | 69.6% | 20.5 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSY–ATL | New Orleans to Atlanta | 397 | 83.9% | 11.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSY–DFW | New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth | 259 | 62.9% | 34.3 min | 1.9% |
| MSY–IAH | New Orleans to Houston | 250 | 87.6% | -1.4 min | 1.2% |
| MSY–MCO | New Orleans to Orlando | 220 | 79.5% | 2.9 min | 0.9% |
| MSY–DEN | New Orleans to Denver | 209 | 79.4% | 7.7 min | 1.4% |
| MSY–DAL | New Orleans to Dallas | 195 | 69.7% | 14.8 min | 3.1% |
| MSY–HOU | New Orleans to Houston | 190 | 80.0% | 6.2 min | 2.1% |
| MSY–ORD | New Orleans to Chicago | 174 | 89.7% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSY–CLT | New Orleans to Charlotte | 170 | 80.0% | 20.5 min | 0.6% |
| MSY–MIA | New Orleans to Miami | 159 | 83.0% | 12.4 min | 1.3% |
| MSY–AUS | New Orleans to Austin | 153 | 72.5% | 13.3 min | 0.7% |
| MSY–DCA | New Orleans to Washington | 150 | 76.7% | 20.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSY on time in April 2024?
79.8% of 4,320 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.