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American Airlines MSY to CLT on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Charlotte · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
22 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
102 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 82% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on MSY to CLT arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% 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 (50%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 78.7% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 85.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 78.1% on time, 0.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 84.5% on time, 11.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.1% on time, 3.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.8% 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 aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion4%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on MSY to CLT

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

1,624 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 22 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.