684 km · Domestic

Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta (ATL) – Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY)

In July 2026, 615 flights operated between Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta and Louis Armstrong New Orleans (both directions), and 69.4% left on time, according to the US BTS.

Flights per month

Only complete months are shown. A month appears once the source has published every day of it.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodFlights operated 2025Flights operated 2026Change vs last year
January618593▼ 4.0%
February771625▼ 18.9%
March840671▼ 20.1%
April733666▼ 9.1%
May765690▼ 9.8%
June674602▼ 10.7%
July672615▼ 8.5%
August658––
September608––
October785–in progress
November727––
December691––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)5,0734,462▼ 12.0%

On-time departures by month

Departures within 15 minutes of schedule.

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodOn-time departures 2025On-time departures 2026Change vs last year
January82.2%85.3%▲ 3.8%
February78.1%83.4%▲ 6.8%
March74.8%77.5%▲ 3.6%
April82.0%85.9%▲ 4.8%
May76.3%80.9%▲ 6.0%
June68.8%83.2%▲ 20.9%
July74.1%69.4%▼ 6.3%
August80.9%––
September91.6%––
October85.6%–in progress
November85.4%––
December77.0%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)76.6%80.8%▲ 5.5%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January9725▼ 74.2%
February27▲ 250.0%
March022–
April84▼ 50.0%
May06–
June165▼ 68.8%
July810▲ 25.0%
August7––
September0––
October0–in progress
November17––
December19––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)13179▼ 39.7%

Airlines on this route

  1. Delta Air Lines 77.3%
  2. Southwest Airlines 11.1%
  3. Spirit Airlines 7.9%
  4. Frontier Airlines 3.7%
  5. American Airlines 0.0%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

ATL → MSY

Scheduled flights
7,705
Flights operated
7,579
Cancelled
126 · 1.6%
On-time departures
78.7%

MSY → ATL

Scheduled flights
7,707
Flights operated
7,579
Cancelled
128 · 1.7%
On-time departures
82.4%

ATL → MSY and MSY → ATL counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
Delta Air Lines DL 11,907 77.3% 82.6% 201
Southwest Airlines WN 1,710 11.1% 75.3% 18
Spirit Airlines NK 1,225 7.9% 77.1% 23
Frontier Airlines F9 565 3.7% 60.2% 12
American Airlines AA 5 0.0% 100.0% 0

Shares are of scheduled flights in the period shown. Codeshare flights are counted once, under the operating airline.

Flight timing & delays

Historical departures, grouped by the scheduled local time at the departure airport. These are recorded outcomes, not a forecast for your flight.

Times are local to the departure airport of each flight; both directions are combined.

US domestic sectors recorded by BTS

Source: the US BTS · Oct 12, 2024 → Jul 31, 2026

Lowest average delay05:00–06:00-0.3min · 661 recorded · 649 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour25.9min05:00 ↔ 20:00
Recorded flights15,412ATL–MSY

Departure hour

On-time departures Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · 94.3% · 661 recorded · 649 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 92.7% · 824 recorded · 805 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 91.9% · 950 recorded · 932 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 89.6% · 619 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 89.0% · 874 recorded · 855 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · 86.0% · 920 recorded · 904 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · 83.4% · 1,263 recorded · 1,237 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 80.6% · 842 recorded · 833 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 82.2% · 847 recorded · 837 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 74.6% · 863 recorded · 857 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 76.0% · 1,671 recorded · 1,649 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · 73.1% · 625 recorded · 620 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 74.9% · 1,566 recorded · 1,540 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 77.6% · 298 recorded · 294 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · 71.4% · 1,175 recorded · 1,155 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 65.3% · 227 recorded · 225 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · 67.6% · 456 recorded · 447 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · 74.6% · 515 recorded · 504 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · 70.0% · 216 recorded · 210 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · -0.3 min · 661 recorded · 649 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 1.0 min · 824 recorded · 805 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 3.3 min · 950 recorded · 932 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 5.3 min · 619 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 4.0 min · 874 recorded · 855 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · 7.5 min · 920 recorded · 904 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · 7.0 min · 1,263 recorded · 1,237 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 10.1 min · 842 recorded · 833 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 7.5 min · 847 recorded · 837 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 13.4 min · 863 recorded · 857 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 13.4 min · 1,671 recorded · 1,649 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · 14.3 min · 625 recorded · 620 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 15.1 min · 1,566 recorded · 1,540 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 11.5 min · 298 recorded · 294 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · 18.0 min · 1,175 recorded · 1,155 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 25.6 min · 227 recorded · 225 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · 24.1 min · 456 recorded · 447 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · 16.3 min · 515 recorded · 504 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · 20.3 min · 216 recorded · 210 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
00:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 01:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 02:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 03:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 04:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 05:00 · 661 · 661 recorded · 649 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 824 · 824 recorded · 805 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 950 · 950 recorded · 932 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 619 · 619 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 874 · 874 recorded · 855 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · 920 · 920 recorded · 904 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · 1,263 · 1,263 recorded · 1,237 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 842 · 842 recorded · 833 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 847 · 847 recorded · 837 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 863 · 863 recorded · 857 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 1,671 · 1,671 recorded · 1,649 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · 625 · 625 recorded · 620 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 1,566 · 1,566 recorded · 1,540 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 298 · 298 recorded · 294 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · 1,175 · 1,175 recorded · 1,155 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 227 · 227 recorded · 225 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · 456 · 456 recorded · 447 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · 515 · 515 recorded · 504 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · 216 · 216 recorded · 210 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00No observations———
01:00No observations———
02:00No observations———
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:0094.3%-0.3 min649661
06:0092.7%1.0 min805824
07:0091.9%3.3 min932950
08:0089.6%5.3 min605619
09:0089.0%4.0 min855874
10:0086.0%7.5 min904920
11:0083.4%7.0 min1,2371,263
12:0080.6%10.1 min833842
13:0082.2%7.5 min837847
14:0074.6%13.4 min857863
15:0076.0%13.4 min1,6491,671
16:0073.1%14.3 min620625
17:0074.9%15.1 min1,5401,566
18:0077.6%11.5 min294298
19:0071.4%18.0 min1,1551,175
20:0065.3%25.6 min225227
21:0067.6%24.1 min447456
22:0074.6%16.3 min504515
23:0070.0%20.3 min210216

Day of week

On-time departures Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Monday · 77.0% · 2,355 recorded · 2,324 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 86.5% · 2,008 recorded · 1,974 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 88.9% · 2,007 recorded · 1,981 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 82.7% · 2,345 recorded · 2,317 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 77.8% · 2,338 recorded · 2,291 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 79.7% · 1,976 recorded · 1,938 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 73.0% · 2,383 recorded · 2,333 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Monday · 13.2 min · 2,355 recorded · 2,324 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 4.8 min · 2,008 recorded · 1,974 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 2.7 min · 2,007 recorded · 1,981 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 8.7 min · 2,345 recorded · 2,317 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 11.7 min · 2,338 recorded · 2,291 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 12.1 min · 1,976 recorded · 1,938 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 18.7 min · 2,383 recorded · 2,333 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Monday · 2,355 · 2,355 recorded · 2,324 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 2,008 · 2,008 recorded · 1,974 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 2,007 · 2,007 recorded · 1,981 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 2,345 · 2,345 recorded · 2,317 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 2,338 · 2,338 recorded · 2,291 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 1,976 · 1,976 recorded · 1,938 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 2,383 · 2,383 recorded · 2,333 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Monday77.0%13.2 min2,3242,355
Tuesday86.5%4.8 min1,9742,008
Wednesday88.9%2.7 min1,9812,007
Thursday82.7%8.7 min2,3172,345
Friday77.8%11.7 min2,2912,338
Saturday79.7%12.1 min1,9381,976
Sunday73.0%18.7 min2,3332,383

Month of year

Months combine the same calendar month across the years shown; this is a seasonal pattern, not a monthly time series.

On-time departures Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Jan · 83.7% · 1,333 recorded · 1,211 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 80.4% · 1,405 recorded · 1,396 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 76.0% · 1,533 recorded · 1,511 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 83.9% · 1,411 recorded · 1,399 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 78.5% · 1,461 recorded · 1,455 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 75.6% · 1,297 recorded · 1,276 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 71.9% · 1,305 recorded · 1,287 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 80.9% · 665 recorded · 658 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 91.6% · 608 recorded · 608 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 86.6% · 1,342 recorded · 1,341 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 84.8% · 1,563 recorded · 1,546 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 78.8% · 1,489 recorded · 1,470 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Average departure delay Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Jan · 8.3 min · 1,333 recorded · 1,211 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 7.8 min · 1,405 recorded · 1,396 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 13.7 min · 1,533 recorded · 1,511 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 10.2 min · 1,411 recorded · 1,399 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 11.5 min · 1,461 recorded · 1,455 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 15.4 min · 1,297 recorded · 1,276 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 18.8 min · 1,305 recorded · 1,287 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 11.4 min · 665 recorded · 658 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 1.5 min · 608 recorded · 608 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 5.5 min · 1,342 recorded · 1,341 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 7.5 min · 1,563 recorded · 1,546 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 10.6 min · 1,489 recorded · 1,470 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Recorded flights Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Jan · 1,333 · 1,333 recorded · 1,211 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 1,405 · 1,405 recorded · 1,396 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 1,533 · 1,533 recorded · 1,511 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 1,411 · 1,411 recorded · 1,399 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 1,461 · 1,461 recorded · 1,455 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 1,297 · 1,297 recorded · 1,276 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 1,305 · 1,305 recorded · 1,287 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 665 · 665 recorded · 658 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 608 · 608 recorded · 608 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 1,342 · 1,342 recorded · 1,341 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 1,563 · 1,563 recorded · 1,546 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 1,489 · 1,489 recorded · 1,470 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Jan83.7%8.3 min1,2111,333
Feb80.4%7.8 min1,3961,405
Mar76.0%13.7 min1,5111,533
Apr83.9%10.2 min1,3991,411
May78.5%11.5 min1,4551,461
Jun75.6%15.4 min1,2761,297
Jul71.9%18.8 min1,2871,305
Aug80.9%11.4 min658665
Sep91.6%1.5 min608608
Oct86.6%5.5 min1,3411,342
Nov84.8%7.5 min1,5461,563
Dec78.8%10.6 min1,4701,489

Delay and on-time rates need at least 200 measured departures per bucket. Smaller samples remain visible in the flight-count chart. An empty slot means no observations, not zero flights.

Recorded outcomes

  • On time 79.2% 12,209
  • Delayed >15 min 19.1% 2,949
  • Cancelled 1.6% 254
  • Missing departure time 0.0% 0

All recorded flights with a known scheduled local time, counted once. Missing actual times are shown separately.

On time means departing no more than 15 minutes after schedule. Cancelled flights and flights missing departure times are excluded from the on-time rate and average delay.

Flight numbers on this route

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83 of 83
Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
DL2522 MSY → ATL 658 90.8%
DL2542 MSY → ATL 654 79.4%
DL2542 ATL → MSY 654 82.5%
DL1534 MSY → ATL 651 93.6%
DL1424 MSY → ATL 642 86.0%
DL1424 ATL → MSY 623 87.7%
DL2224 ATL → MSY 623 75.7%
DL1450 ATL → MSY 620 70.1%
DL3128 ATL → MSY 600 92.1%
DL3128 MSY → ATL 586 89.6%
DL1547 MSY → ATL 544 93.8%
DL3146 ATL → MSY 463 79.1%
DL3157 MSY → ATL 453 76.4%
DL3157 ATL → MSY 453 82.3%
DL3132 ATL → MSY 428 76.3%
DL3146 MSY → ATL 376 78.8%
DL2072 ATL → MSY 364 66.1%
DL409 MSY → ATL 237 82.1%
DL409 ATL → MSY 237 85.5%
DL3132 MSY → ATL 228 74.8%
DL2361 ATL → MSY 195 87.2%
DL1927 ATL → MSY 192 72.8%
F992051 ATL → MSY 190 59.6%
F992052 MSY → ATL 182 63.9%
DL2361 MSY → ATL 152 79.6%
DL1217 MSY → ATL 146 86.2%
WN3159 MSY → ATL 120 91.4%
DL1217 ATL → MSY 111 87.4%
WN4141 ATL → MSY 98 69.5%
WN436 ATL → MSY 96 82.3%
DL1927 MSY → ATL 88 64.0%
DL2647 ATL → MSY 83 88.0%
F991371 ATL → MSY 82 57.7%
F992972 MSY → ATL 79 49.3%
WN792 ATL → MSY 75 88.6%
DL1047 MSY → ATL 74 81.1%
DL1047 ATL → MSY 73 82.2%
NK311 ATL → MSY 73 75.3%
NK312 MSY → ATL 73 86.3%
WN5175 MSY → ATL 73 80.0%
DL1506 ATL → MSY 72 93.1%
DL1506 MSY → ATL 72 84.7%
DL1771 ATL → MSY 64 77.8%
NK450 ATL → MSY 62 69.4%
NK451 MSY → ATL 62 88.7%
WN1361 MSY → ATL 58 65.5%
WN3933 ATL → MSY 57 63.2%
DL924 MSY → ATL 55 58.2%
NK1652 ATL → MSY 55 84.0%
NK1653 MSY → ATL 55 78.4%
NK204 ATL → MSY 51 90.2%
NK205 MSY → ATL 51 86.3%
WN435 ATL → MSY 51 70.6%
WN158 ATL → MSY 50 76.0%
WN2813 MSY → ATL 49 61.2%
NK2709 ATL → MSY 48 79.2%
NK2710 MSY → ATL 48 75.0%
WN2652 ATL → MSY 47 91.3%
DL2677 MSY → ATL 46 78.3%
WN3457 MSY → ATL 46 73.3%
NK2465 MSY → ATL 44 93.2%
NK2470 ATL → MSY 44 40.9%
NK2482 ATL → MSY 44 86.1%
NK2485 MSY → ATL 44 72.1%
WN3280 MSY → ATL 42 73.8%
WN4508 MSY → ATL 42 71.4%
NK1701 MSY → ATL 41 84.6%
NK1702 ATL → MSY 41 76.9%
WN2173 ATL → MSY 38 86.8%
WN2517 MSY → ATL 36 72.2%
NK1750 MSY → ATL 35 88.2%
NK1755 ATL → MSY 34 56.3%
WN4949 MSY → ATL 34 20.6%
WN1504 ATL → MSY 33 57.6%
WN2282 MSY → ATL 33 93.9%
WN892 ATL → MSY 33 78.8%
NK1983 MSY → ATL 32 68.8%
DL1795 MSY → ATL 31 74.2%
DL3102 MSY → ATL 31 80.0%
NK150 MSY → ATL 31 72.4%
DL2391 MSY → ATL 30 93.3%
NK160 ATL → MSY 30 62.1%
NK1980 ATL → MSY 30 86.2%

Flight numbers are the codes sold on tickets. On shared flights one aircraft can carry several of them. Only numbers with at least 30 flights have a page.

Monthly figures
PeriodFlights operated Change vs last yearCancelled On-time departures
July 2026 615 −8.5% 10 69.4%
June 2026 602 −10.7% 5 83.2%
May 2026 690 −9.8% 6 80.9%
April 2026 666 −9.1% 4 85.9%
March 2026 671 −20.1% 22 77.5%
February 2026 625 −18.9% 7 83.4%
January 2026 593 −4.0% 25 85.3%
December 2025 691 −11.3% 19 77.0%
November 2025 727 −11.2% 17 85.4%
October 2025 785 +41.2% 0 85.6%
September 2025 608 0 91.6%
August 2025 658 7 80.9%
July 2025 672 8 74.1%
June 2025 674 16 68.8%
May 2025 765 0 76.3%
April 2025 733 8 82.0%
March 2025 840 0 74.8%
February 2025 771 2 78.1%
January 2025 618 97 82.2%
December 2024 779 0 80.4%
November 2024 819 0 84.2%
October 2024 556 1 87.9%

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