Delta Air Lines JFK to MSY on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.3%
38 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on JFK to MSY arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 5.3% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (57%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)57%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Late-arriving aircraft20%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on JFK to MSY
- JetBlue78% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines29% on time · 40 min avg delay
Full JFK to MSY comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
720 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 38 cancelled, 0 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.