Southwest Airlines ATL to MSY on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
50 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on ATL to MSY arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.3% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security1%
Other airlines on ATL to MSY
- Delta Air Lines83% on time · 11 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 →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
354 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 2 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.