Southwest Airlines DCA to MSY on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
15 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
56 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on DCA to MSY arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.1% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (65%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft65%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security1%
Other airlines on DCA to MSY
- PSA Airlines72% on time · 22 min avg delay
- American Airlines73% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Republic Airways83% on time · 7 min avg delay
Full DCA to MSY comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
704 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 15 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.