Southwest Airlines MSY to FLL on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
44 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 74% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on MSY to FLL arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.3% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% 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)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security1%
Other airlines on MSY to FLL
- Spirit Airlines79% on time · 14 min avg delay
- JetBlue70% on time · 26 min avg delay
Full MSY to FLL comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
368 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 2 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.