American Airlines LGA to MSY on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
9 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
79 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 72% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on LGA to MSY arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.6% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security1%
Other airlines on LGA to MSY
- Delta Air Lines79% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines57% on time · 33 min avg delay
- Republic Airways79% on time · 9 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines75% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full LGA to MSY comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
345 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 9 cancelled, 1 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.