Airports › New Orleans (MSY) › May 2024
Airport month · May 2024
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,518 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.1% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 68.1% of the time (4,516 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 68.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.0%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.0% | — | 76.0% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 68.1% | — | 76.9% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | — | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.5 min | — | 17.3 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 151 | — | 135 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,518 | — | 49,152 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,668 | 37% | 66.3% | 20.0 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 658 | 15% | 59.1% | 35.7 min | 4.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 624 | 14% | 76.3% | 11.9 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 556 | 12% | 72.5% | 21.5 min | 1.8% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 451 | 10% | 72.5% | 14.6 min | 1.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 181 | 4% | 58.0% | 37.8 min | 1.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 87 | 2% | 69.0% | 10.7 min | 6.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 79 | 2% | 65.8% | 23.0 min | 1.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 71.0% | 21.9 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 55 | 1% | 78.2% | 3.9 min | 1.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 50 | 1% | 80.0% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 38 | 1% | 73.7% | 11.8 min | 5.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSY–ATL | New Orleans to Atlanta | 389 | 73.0% | 14.3 min | 1.3% |
| MSY–DFW | New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth | 275 | 46.9% | 50.5 min | 8.0% |
| MSY–IAH | New Orleans to Houston | 257 | 69.3% | 34.6 min | 3.9% |
| MSY–MCO | New Orleans to Orlando | 246 | 69.1% | 15.5 min | 0.8% |
| MSY–DEN | New Orleans to Denver | 211 | 64.5% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSY–HOU | New Orleans to Houston | 199 | 65.8% | 21.6 min | 3.0% |
| MSY–DAL | New Orleans to Dallas | 195 | 56.9% | 31.0 min | 2.6% |
| MSY–CLT | New Orleans to Charlotte | 182 | 65.4% | 21.5 min | 2.2% |
| MSY–ORD | New Orleans to Chicago | 173 | 72.8% | 11.9 min | 1.2% |
| MSY–AUS | New Orleans to Austin | 162 | 52.5% | 33.9 min | 0.6% |
| MSY–MIA | New Orleans to Miami | 158 | 67.7% | 32.1 min | 1.3% |
| MSY–DCA | New Orleans to Washington | 155 | 73.5% | 7.7 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSY on time in May 2024?
69.0% of 4,518 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.