Best time to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to New Orleans

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full DFW to MSY record →

Best month

February

81.3% on time · 211 flights

Worst month

July

49.6% on time · 252 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 206 68.7% 11.65% 73 min
February 211 81.3% 0.95% 82 min
March 249 70.5% 2.81% 67 min
April 252 70.8% 0.79% 65 min
May 243 68.7% 4.12% 98 min
June 227 58.2% 5.73% 78 min
July 252 49.6% 3.57% 72 min
August 236 58.8% 4.24% 72 min
September 233 76.4% 1.72% 73 min
October 258 71.7% 1.55% 66 min
November 230 73.4% 3.48% 96 min
December 201 63.5% 0% 62 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.