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Delta Air Lines MSY to JFK on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.6%
40 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on MSY to JFK arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 5.6% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 75.9% on time, 11.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 88.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.5% on time, 1.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.0% on time, 13.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.8% on time, 9.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.3% on time, 8.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 88.3% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 75.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.9% on time, 6.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 74.5% on time, 6.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 73.6% on time, 11.5% 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)30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MSY to JFK

720 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 40 cancelled, 4 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.