Southwest Airlines MSY to ATL on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
48 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 82% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on MSY to ATL arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.3% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on MSY to ATL
- Delta Air Lines87% on time · 10 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines54% on time · 37 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines67% on time · 29 min avg delay
- American Airlines100% on time · 0 min avg delay
Full MSY to ATL comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
352 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 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.