Most delayed flights from MSY: every route ranked
33 regularly flown nonstop routes from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, worst on-time record first (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026). Routes with fewer than 360 flights in the period are listed separately.
| # | Destination | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Airlines | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MSY → BOS Boston, MA | 63% | 2.1% | 31 min | 4 | 853 |
| 2 | MSY → DCA Washington, VA | 71% | 3.0% | 27 min | 4 | 1,948 |
| 3 | MSY → LGA New York, NY | 71% | 3.7% | 26 min | 5 | 1,420 |
| 4 | MSY → SEA Seattle, WA | 72% | 0.8% | 17 min | 2 | 626 |
| 5 | MSY → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | 73% | 3.2% | 27 min | 5 | 2,808 |
| 6 | MSY → FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL | 74% | 2.3% | 18 min | 3 | 1,412 |
| 7 | MSY → MDW Chicago, IL | 75% | 1.2% | 15 min | 1 | 1,014 |
| 8 | MSY → SFO San Francisco, CA | 76% | 0.6% | 18 min | 2 | 524 |
| 9 | MSY → HOU Houston, TX | 76% | 0.6% | 13 min | 1 | 2,297 |
| 10 | MSY → DAL Dallas, TX | 77% | 1.1% | 15 min | 1 | 2,287 |
| 11 | MSY → TPA Tampa, FL | 77% | 1.0% | 15 min | 3 | 1,063 |
| 12 | MSY → MCO Orlando, FL | 78% | 1.2% | 15 min | 3 | 2,243 |
| 13 | MSY → BNA Nashville, TN | 78% | 0.6% | 12 min | 2 | 1,483 |
| 14 | MSY → AUS Austin, TX | 78% | 0.4% | 14 min | 3 | 1,999 |
| 15 | MSY → ORD Chicago, IL | 78% | 2.5% | 20 min | 7 | 2,401 |
| 16 | MSY → LAS Las Vegas, NV | 79% | 0.1% | 13 min | 3 | 847 |
| 17 | MSY → PHX Phoenix, AZ | 79% | 0.4% | 17 min | 4 | 934 |
| 18 | MSY → JFK New York, NY | 79% | 5.2% | 18 min | 3 | 1,142 |
| 19 | MSY → LAX Los Angeles, CA | 79% | 0.5% | 16 min | 3 | 1,457 |
| 20 | MSY → MIA Miami, FL | 80% | 1.2% | 18 min | 5 | 1,522 |
| 21 | MSY → PHL Philadelphia, PA | 80% | 2.8% | 27 min | 4 | 1,131 |
| 22 | MSY → DEN Denver, CO | 80% | 0.4% | 13 min | 3 | 2,277 |
| 23 | MSY → MCI Kansas City, MO | 80% | 0.3% | 13 min | 1 | 364 |
| 24 | MSY → BWI Baltimore, MD | 81% | 1.1% | 12 min | 3 | 1,157 |
| 25 | MSY → STL St. Louis, MO | 82% | 0.4% | 10 min | 1 | 732 |
| 26 | MSY → CLT Charlotte, NC | 82% | 1.3% | 19 min | 5 | 1,712 |
| 27 | MSY → ATL Atlanta, GA | 82% | 1.5% | 13 min | 5 | 4,028 |
| 28 | MSY → IAH Houston, TX | 83% | 0.4% | 14 min | 4 | 2,929 |
| 29 | MSY → DTW Detroit, MI | 83% | 1.6% | 15 min | 3 | 810 |
| 30 | MSY → MSP Minneapolis, MN | 83% | 2.5% | 16 min | 1 | 440 |
| 31 | MSY → EWR Newark, NJ | 85% | 2.4% | 13 min | 4 | 1,228 |
| 32 | MSY → SLC Salt Lake City, UT | 91% | 0.2% | 9 min | 1 | 455 |
| 33 | MSY → IAD Washington, VA | 92% | 0.6% | 8 min | 3 | 631 |
Less frequent routes
Too few flights for a reliable ranking.
- MSY → SAT (San Antonio) 346 flts
- MSY → SAN (San Diego) 342 flts
- MSY → PDX (Portland) 115 flts
- MSY → CVG (Cincinnati) 56 flts
- MSY → RDU (Raleigh/Durham) 51 flts
- MSY → PGD (Punta Gorda) 48 flts
- MSY → CLE (Cleveland) 5 flts
- MSY → BUR (Burbank) 4 flts
- MSY → LGB (Long Beach) 4 flts
- MSY → GSP (Greer) 3 flts
- MSY → OKC (Oklahoma City) 1 flts
- MSY → SDF (Louisville) 1 flts
- MSY → OAK (Oakland) 1 flts
- MSY → BUF (Buffalo) 1 flts
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.