Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in February 2025

77.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,440 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 4,041 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 76.5% of the time (4,439 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 77.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSY in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	77.3%	85.2%	76.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	77.5%	84.6%	76.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.1%	1.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	9.3 min	17.3 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	148	135	135	16,830
Scheduled departures	4,440	4,041	49,152	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,560	35%	80.2%	3.7 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	630	14%	78.7%	7.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	614	14%	84.9%	0.6 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	611	14%	76.8%	6.8 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	592	13%	73.3%	20.0 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	87	2%	80.5%	2.9 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	71	2%	52.1%	52.5 min	4.2%
OH PSA Airlines	71	2%	39.4%	39.1 min	21.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	68	2%	70.6%	7.7 min	1.5%
YX Republic Airline	52	1%	69.2%	14.1 min	3.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	48	1%	62.5%	12.6 min	4.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	1%	64.3%	20.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	386	76.4%	4.9 min	0.3%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	249	86.7%	-3.2 min	0.4%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	243	77.0%	7.5 min	0.4%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	217	78.8%	4.4 min	0.5%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	215	83.7%	0.4 min	0.0%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	200	87.5%	-2.0 min	0.0%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	185	83.8%	-0.1 min	0.0%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	172	44.8%	31.0 min	9.9%
MSY–CLT	New Orleans to Charlotte	171	83.6%	1.8 min	0.0%
MSY–LAX	New Orleans to Los Angeles	163	77.3%	8.6 min	0.0%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	145	75.2%	14.1 min	1.4%
MSY–ORD	New Orleans to Chicago	140	85.7%	8.8 min	0.7%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.2%	33.9%	23,021
Late-arriving aircraft	42.5%	36.9%	29,483
National Aviation System	23.0%	22.5%	15,936
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.6%	757
Security	0.3%	0.1%	181

69,378 delay minutes on 956 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 2025?

77.3% of 4,440 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.2% of 4,041 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.3% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.