American Airlines PHL to MSY on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to New Orleans · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
84 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 77% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on PHL to MSY arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (55%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft55%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PHL to MSY
- PSA Airlines75% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines73% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Republic Airways91% on time · 3 min avg delay
Full PHL to MSY comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
640 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 12 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.