ATL to MSY flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) New Orleans, LA (MSY) · 425 miles
303 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.94%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.99%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
72 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
13 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 72 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 303 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Atlanta to New Orleans keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to MSY.
Every airline on ATL to MSY
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 250 | 87.5% | 0.8% | 77 min | A |
| Frontier Airlines | 30 | 65.52% | 3.33% | 75 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 23 | 54.55% | 0% | 53 min | — |
The return leg
MSY to ATL New Orleans back to Atlanta 81.06% on time BOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to New Orleans usually delayed?
82.94% of flights on the ATL to MSY route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Atlanta to New Orleans?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 250 flights and 87.5% arriving on time.
How often are ATL to MSY flights cancelled?
0.99% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 10 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ATL to MSY flights are late, how late are they?
About 72 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to MSY during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →