Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in November 2024

84.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,236 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 4,171 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 86.3% of the time (4,230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	84.2%	85.1%	76.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	84.9%	85.7%	76.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.1%	1.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	10.6 min	17.3 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	141	139	135	19,180
Scheduled departures	4,236	4,171	49,152	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,530	36%	85.5%	0.1 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	620	15%	87.7%	-2.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	615	15%	85.5%	2.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	598	14%	83.6%	4.9 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	483	11%	83.4%	0.6 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	117	3%	84.6%	3.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	74	2%	79.7%	1.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	61	1%	88.5%	-8.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	1%	82.1%	-2.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	40	1%	65.0%	47.7 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	33	1%	75.8%	-4.3 min	6.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	55.6%	161.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	409	82.6%	6.2 min	0.0%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	258	88.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	236	76.7%	11.5 min	3.0%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	195	87.2%	0.9 min	0.0%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	194	89.2%	-3.7 min	1.0%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	189	78.8%	4.7 min	1.6%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	188	87.8%	-2.1 min	0.5%
MSY–CLT	New Orleans to Charlotte	167	90.4%	-4.2 min	0.6%
MSY–EWR	New Orleans to Newark	142	75.4%	12.9 min	0.7%
MSY–ORD	New Orleans to Chicago	142	88.0%	5.9 min	0.0%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	141	83.7%	-2.8 min	1.4%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	139	85.6%	-0.9 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	36.9%	12,157
Late-arriving aircraft	42.5%	35.6%	16,428
National Aviation System	20.8%	21.9%	8,040
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.4%	1,593
Security	1.2%	0.2%	464

38,682 delay minutes on 614 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 2024?

84.2% of 4,236 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.1% of 4,171 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.5% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.