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Delta Air Lines LGA to MSY on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
34 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on LGA to MSY arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (46%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 78.0% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.0% on time, 1.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.7% on time, 3.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 80.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 63.0% on time, 8.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.8% on time, 8.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 89.1% on time, 5.2% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.6% on time, 8.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.6% on time, 5.1% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.0% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)46%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion33%
  • Late-arriving aircraft21%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LGA to MSY

Full LGA to MSY comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

718 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 34 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.