2,682 km · Domestic

Los Angeles (LAX) – Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY)

In July 2026, 206 flights operated between Los Angeles and Louis Armstrong New Orleans (both directions), and 64.6% 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
January239217▼ 9.2%
February325215▼ 33.8%
March357228▼ 36.1%
April337224▼ 33.5%
May314214▼ 31.8%
June283200▼ 29.3%
July289206▼ 28.7%
August235––
September243––
October350–in progress
November280––
December288––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)2,1441,504▼ 29.9%

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
January84.5%77.9%▼ 7.8%
February79.4%78.1%▼ 1.6%
March81.0%70.2%▼ 13.3%
April84.3%81.3%▼ 3.6%
May75.5%75.7%▲ 0.3%
June72.1%65.5%▼ 9.2%
July76.1%64.6%▼ 15.1%
August88.5%––
September86.0%––
October81.1%–in progress
November75.0%––
December75.3%––
Year-to-date average (Jan–Jul)79.0%73.3%▼ 7.2%

Cancelled flights by month

The most recent periods19 periods
PeriodCancelled flights 2025Cancelled flights 2026Change vs last year
January273▼ 88.9%
February03–
March32▼ 33.3%
April00–
May00–
June220.0%
July00–
August0––
September0––
October1–in progress
November2––
December3––
Year to date (Jan–Jul)3210▼ 68.8%

Airlines on this route

  1. Delta Air Lines 60.2%
  2. Southwest Airlines 23.0%
  3. Spirit Airlines 16.1%
  4. American Airlines 0.6%
  5. United Airlines 0.1%

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026

By direction

LAX → MSY

Scheduled flights
2,933
Flights operated
2,907
Cancelled
26 · 0.9%
On-time departures
82.9%

MSY → LAX

Scheduled flights
2,909
Flights operated
2,885
Cancelled
24 · 0.8%
On-time departures
75.4%

LAX → MSY and MSY → LAX counted separately.

Airlines on this route

Oct 1, 2024 – Jul 31, 2026
AirlineScheduled flights Share On-time departures Cancelled
Delta Air Lines DL 3,514 60.2% 83.3% 28
Southwest Airlines WN 1,346 23.0% 67.9% 6
Spirit Airlines NK 941 16.1% 80.5% 16
American Airlines AA 34 0.6% 61.8% 0
United Airlines UA 7 0.1% 57.1% 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 delay07:00–08:000.0min · 861 recorded · 853 measured
Gap to highest-delay hour21.7min07:00 ↔ 13:00
Recorded flights5,842LAX–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 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 1 recorded · 1 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 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 28 recorded · 28 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 92.5% · 638 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 93.9% · 861 recorded · 853 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 89.6% · 290 recorded · 289 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 195 recorded · 195 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 117 recorded · 117 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 188 recorded · 188 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 78.4% · 331 recorded · 328 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 71.1% · 321 recorded · 315 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 64.5% · 398 recorded · 397 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 71.4% · 611 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 198 recorded · 198 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 178 recorded · 177 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 73.0% · 888 recorded · 880 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 144 recorded · 143 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 76.6% · 238 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 73 recorded · 72 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 144 recorded · 142 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 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 1 recorded · 1 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 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 28 recorded · 28 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 1.1 min · 638 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 0.0 min · 861 recorded · 853 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 4.7 min · 290 recorded · 289 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 195 recorded · 195 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 117 recorded · 117 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 188 recorded · 188 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 8.3 min · 331 recorded · 328 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 21.7 min · 321 recorded · 315 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 19.8 min · 398 recorded · 397 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 15.1 min · 611 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 198 recorded · 198 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 178 recorded · 177 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 19.7 min · 888 recorded · 880 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 144 recorded · 143 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 12.0 min · 238 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 73 recorded · 72 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · Fewer than 200 measured departures · 144 recorded · 142 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 · 1 · 1 recorded · 1 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 · 28 · 28 recorded · 28 measured · Source: the US BTS 06:00 · 638 · 638 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS 07:00 · 861 · 861 recorded · 853 measured · Source: the US BTS 08:00 · 290 · 290 recorded · 289 measured · Source: the US BTS 09:00 · 195 · 195 recorded · 195 measured · Source: the US BTS 10:00 · 117 · 117 recorded · 117 measured · Source: the US BTS 11:00 · 188 · 188 recorded · 188 measured · Source: the US BTS 12:00 · 331 · 331 recorded · 328 measured · Source: the US BTS 13:00 · 321 · 321 recorded · 315 measured · Source: the US BTS 14:00 · 398 · 398 recorded · 397 measured · Source: the US BTS 15:00 · 611 · 611 recorded · 605 measured · Source: the US BTS 16:00 · 198 · 198 recorded · 198 measured · Source: the US BTS 17:00 · 178 · 178 recorded · 177 measured · Source: the US BTS 18:00 · 888 · 888 recorded · 880 measured · Source: the US BTS 19:00 · 144 · 144 recorded · 143 measured · Source: the US BTS 20:00 · 238 · 238 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS 21:00 · 73 · 73 recorded · 72 measured · Source: the US BTS 22:00 · No observations · 0 recorded · 0 measured · Source: the US BTS 23:00 · 144 · 144 recorded · 142 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Departure hourOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
00:00No observations———
01:00No observations———
02:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—11
03:00No observations———
04:00No observations———
05:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—2828
06:0092.5%1.1 min629638
07:0093.9%0.0 min853861
08:0089.6%4.7 min289290
09:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—195195
10:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—117117
11:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—188188
12:0078.4%8.3 min328331
13:0071.1%21.7 min315321
14:0064.5%19.8 min397398
15:0071.4%15.1 min605611
16:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—198198
17:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—177178
18:0073.0%19.7 min880888
19:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—143144
20:0076.6%12.0 min235238
21:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—7273
22:00No observations———
23:00Fewer than 200 measured departures—142144

Day of week

On-time departures Partial coverage: only airlines that report on-time data to the US DOT
Monday · 77.9% · 920 recorded · 912 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 84.2% · 785 recorded · 777 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 83.5% · 781 recorded · 771 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 80.8% · 918 recorded · 910 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 77.8% · 917 recorded · 913 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 78.7% · 634 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 72.3% · 887 recorded · 880 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 · 16.6 min · 920 recorded · 912 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 7.2 min · 785 recorded · 777 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 8.2 min · 781 recorded · 771 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 9.7 min · 918 recorded · 910 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 13.1 min · 917 recorded · 913 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 12.8 min · 634 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 16.3 min · 887 recorded · 880 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 · 920 · 920 recorded · 912 measured · Source: the US BTS Tuesday · 785 · 785 recorded · 777 measured · Source: the US BTS Wednesday · 781 · 781 recorded · 771 measured · Source: the US BTS Thursday · 918 · 918 recorded · 910 measured · Source: the US BTS Friday · 917 · 917 recorded · 913 measured · Source: the US BTS Saturday · 634 · 634 recorded · 629 measured · Source: the US BTS Sunday · 887 · 887 recorded · 880 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Day of weekOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Monday77.9%16.6 min912920
Tuesday84.2%7.2 min777785
Wednesday83.5%8.2 min771781
Thursday80.8%9.7 min910918
Friday77.8%13.1 min913917
Saturday78.7%12.8 min629634
Sunday72.3%16.3 min880887

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 · 81.4% · 486 recorded · 456 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 78.9% · 543 recorded · 540 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 76.8% · 590 recorded · 585 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 83.1% · 561 recorded · 561 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 75.6% · 528 recorded · 528 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 69.4% · 487 recorded · 483 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 71.3% · 495 recorded · 495 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 88.5% · 235 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 86.0% · 243 recorded · 243 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 84.3% · 543 recorded · 542 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 81.6% · 552 recorded · 550 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 80.5% · 579 recorded · 574 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 · 10.3 min · 486 recorded · 456 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 13.5 min · 543 recorded · 540 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 10.7 min · 590 recorded · 585 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 10.1 min · 561 recorded · 561 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 14.8 min · 528 recorded · 528 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 21.3 min · 487 recorded · 483 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 18.9 min · 495 recorded · 495 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 4.4 min · 235 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 11.2 min · 243 recorded · 243 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 7.3 min · 543 recorded · 542 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 7.8 min · 552 recorded · 550 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 12.0 min · 579 recorded · 574 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 · 486 · 486 recorded · 456 measured · Source: the US BTS Feb · 543 · 543 recorded · 540 measured · Source: the US BTS Mar · 590 · 590 recorded · 585 measured · Source: the US BTS Apr · 561 · 561 recorded · 561 measured · Source: the US BTS May · 528 · 528 recorded · 528 measured · Source: the US BTS Jun · 487 · 487 recorded · 483 measured · Source: the US BTS Jul · 495 · 495 recorded · 495 measured · Source: the US BTS Aug · 235 · 235 recorded · 235 measured · Source: the US BTS Sep · 243 · 243 recorded · 243 measured · Source: the US BTS Oct · 543 · 543 recorded · 542 measured · Source: the US BTS Nov · 552 · 552 recorded · 550 measured · Source: the US BTS Dec · 579 · 579 recorded · 574 measured · Source: the US BTS

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Month of yearOn-time departuresAverage departure delayWith departure timeRecorded flights
Jan81.4%10.3 min456486
Feb78.9%13.5 min540543
Mar76.8%10.7 min585590
Apr83.1%10.1 min561561
May75.6%14.8 min528528
Jun69.4%21.3 min483487
Jul71.3%18.9 min495495
Aug88.5%4.4 min235235
Sep86.0%11.2 min243243
Oct84.3%7.3 min542543
Nov81.6%7.8 min550552
Dec80.5%12.0 min574579

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 78.5% 4,584
  • Delayed >15 min 20.7% 1,208
  • Cancelled 0.9% 50
  • 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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Flight numbersBy direction DeparturesOn time
DL2085 MSY → LAX 657 93.7%
DL2096 LAX → MSY 522 83.6%
DL2154 LAX → MSY 495 76.9%
DL1112 LAX → MSY 406 93.1%
DL1112 MSY → LAX 232 84.4%
DL2096 MSY → LAX 206 71.6%
DL872 LAX → MSY 174 96.0%
DL2132 LAX → MSY 92 79.4%
DL2131 MSY → LAX 84 83.3%
NK387 LAX → MSY 78 92.2%
NK388 MSY → LAX 78 70.1%
WN2388 LAX → MSY 65 95.2%
WN799 LAX → MSY 64 62.5%
DL690 MSY → LAX 62 80.7%
WN3119 MSY → LAX 61 70.5%
WN991 LAX → MSY 60 63.3%
DL413 MSY → LAX 59 78.6%
NK263 MSY → LAX 55 94.2%
NK266 LAX → MSY 55 94.2%
NK800 LAX → MSY 55 89.1%
NK808 MSY → LAX 55 87.3%
WN2877 MSY → LAX 55 49.1%
DL1102 MSY → LAX 54 63.0%
DL1316 MSY → LAX 51 78.0%
DL709 MSY → LAX 49 57.1%
WN3397 LAX → MSY 49 89.8%
WN3610 MSY → LAX 49 46.9%
NK2209 MSY → LAX 47 61.7%
NK2210 LAX → MSY 47 66.0%
WN199 LAX → MSY 42 92.9%
WN2890 MSY → LAX 42 57.5%
WN3004 MSY → LAX 42 28.6%
DL933 MSY → LAX 36 72.2%
NK221 LAX → MSY 36 85.7%
NK220 MSY → LAX 35 77.1%
WN1286 LAX → MSY 33 84.9%
WN2793 MSY → LAX 33 75.8%
DL1010 MSY → LAX 32 62.5%
WN4083 LAX → MSY 32 62.5%
DL2630 MSY → LAX 31 58.1%
DL778 LAX → MSY 31 96.8%
DL909 MSY → LAX 31 63.3%
NK612 LAX → MSY 31 53.6%
NK613 MSY → LAX 31 48.3%
WN2870 LAX → MSY 31 90.3%
WN2969 MSY → LAX 31 83.9%
DL2517 MSY → LAX 30 83.3%
NK1801 LAX → MSY 30 90.0%
NK1804 MSY → LAX 30 60.0%
WN3497 MSY → LAX 30 73.3%

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 206 −28.7% 0 64.6%
June 2026 200 −29.3% 2 65.5%
May 2026 214 −31.8% 0 75.7%
April 2026 224 −33.5% 0 81.3%
March 2026 228 −36.1% 2 70.2%
February 2026 215 −33.8% 3 78.1%
January 2026 217 −9.2% 3 77.9%
December 2025 288 +0.7% 3 75.3%
November 2025 280 +3.7% 2 75.0%
October 2025 350 +82.3% 1 81.1%
September 2025 243 0 86.0%
August 2025 235 0 88.5%
July 2025 289 0 76.1%
June 2025 283 2 72.1%
May 2025 314 0 75.5%
April 2025 337 0 84.3%
March 2025 357 3 81.0%
February 2025 325 0 79.4%
January 2025 239 27 84.5%
December 2024 286 2 85.7%
November 2024 270 0 88.5%
October 2024 192 0 90.1%

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