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American Airlines DFW to MSY on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
69 flights
Avg arrival delay
28 min
80 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DFW to MSY arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.9% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (51%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 42.5% on time, 3.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 51.9% on time, 4.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 75.1% on time, 1.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.6% on time, 1.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.1% on time, 3.8% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 62.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.4% on time, 11.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.7% on time, 0.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 69.3% on time, 1.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 68.4% on time, 4.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 54.5% on time, 5.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
  • Extreme weather9%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DFW to MSY

Full DFW to MSY comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,354 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 69 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.