Louis Armstrong New Orleans International in January 2026

79.3%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,901 domestic departures from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International (MSY). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MSY departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 4,207 departures with 74.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.1 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at MSY that month were on time 76.9% of the time (3,901 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MSY in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MSY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	79.3%	74.2%	76.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	81.3%	75.5%	76.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.1%	10.0%	1.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	13.7 min	17.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	130	140	135	18,133
Scheduled departures	3,901	4,207	49,152	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,445	37%	84.0%	-2.1 min	2.4%
AA American Airlines	606	16%	71.3%	15.1 min	9.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	587	15%	85.7%	-6.2 min	4.4%
UA United Airlines	565	14%	89.7%	-8.6 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	207	5%	71.5%	7.6 min	7.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	92	2%	69.6%	17.3 min	4.3%
YX Republic Airline	86	2%	76.7%	-8.6 min	5.8%
MQ Envoy Air	81	2%	75.3%	6.4 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	67	2%	73.1%	25.9 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	64	2%	71.9%	0.2 min	7.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	53	1%	79.2%	6.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	1%	83.9%	-15.6 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSY–ATL	New Orleans to Atlanta	310	87.7%	-4.4 min	3.9%
MSY–IAH	New Orleans to Houston	235	91.5%	-10.1 min	0.4%
MSY–DFW	New Orleans to Dallas/Fort Worth	206	65.5%	14.4 min	12.1%
MSY–ORD	New Orleans to Chicago	199	77.4%	10.8 min	2.0%
MSY–MCO	New Orleans to Orlando	195	81.0%	1.1 min	2.1%
MSY–DAL	New Orleans to Dallas	189	80.4%	-2.1 min	5.8%
MSY–HOU	New Orleans to Houston	185	88.6%	-7.1 min	1.6%
MSY–DCA	New Orleans to Washington	173	74.0%	2.3 min	7.5%
MSY–DEN	New Orleans to Denver	173	83.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
MSY–AUS	New Orleans to Austin	154	83.1%	-3.4 min	3.9%
MSY–MIA	New Orleans to Miami	134	73.9%	9.4 min	6.0%
MSY–FLL	New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale	129	79.1%	6.3 min	3.9%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.8%	37.3%	13,718
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	35.0%	18,535
National Aviation System	15.0%	18.0%	6,088
Extreme weather	5.3%	9.6%	2,155
Security	0.2%	0.1%	71

40,567 delay minutes on 564 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 January 2026?

79.3% of 3,901 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.2% of 4,207 departures left on time and 10.0% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 4.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.