American Airlines ORD to MSY on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
61%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
35 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#7 of 7
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to MSY arrived on time 61% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3% were cancelled, and 20% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #7 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft60%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)21%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to MSY
- United Airlines76% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Envoy Air83% on time · 10 min avg delay
- Republic Airways80% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines70% on time · 25 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines79% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines82% on time · 23 min avg delay
Full ORD to MSY comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
401 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 3 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.