Delta Air Lines ATL to MSY on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
50 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
58 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 5
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to MSY arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (48%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)48%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ATL to MSY
- Southwest Airlines78% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines61% on time · 30 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines79% on time · 12 min avg delay
- American Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full ATL to MSY comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,278 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 50 cancelled, 3 diverted.
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.