BOS to MSY flight delays
Boston, MA (BOS) New Orleans, LA (MSY) · 1,367 miles
855 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.58%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.52%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
19 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 13.1 points more often than JetBlue Airways over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 31.8 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. MSY to BOS arrives on time 13.9 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
The Boston to New Orleans route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on BOS to MSY. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on BOS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways | 471 | 71.03% | 1.06% | 84 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 374 | 84.11% | 2.14% | 59 min | B |
| Spirit Airlines | 8 | 62.5% | 0% | 45 min | — |
| American Airlines | 2 | 50% | 0% | 54 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MSY to BOS New Orleans back to Boston 62.72% on time FOther routes from Boston
Common questions
Are flights from Boston to New Orleans usually delayed?
76.58% of flights on the BOS to MSY route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Boston to New Orleans?
Delta Air Lines, at 84.11% on time across 374 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 71.03%.
How often are BOS to MSY flights cancelled?
1.52% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 15 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Boston to New Orleans?
September, when 91.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 59.7%.
When BOS to MSY flights are late, how late are they?
About 76 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 BOS to MSY during January 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 →