MSY to CLT flight delays
New Orleans, LA (MSY) Charlotte, NC (CLT) · 650 miles
1,742 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
82.65%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.32%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
100 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 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 100 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.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 20.4 points more punctual than in June — 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.
Only American Airlines 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.
Flights from New Orleans to Charlotte 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 January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on MSY to CLT. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in June.
Every airline on MSY to CLT
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 1,644 | 82.59% | 1.4% | 98 min | B |
| Spirit Airlines | 66 | 81.82% | 0% | 141 min | — |
| PSA Airlines | 14 | 85.71% | 0% | 86 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 13 | 92.31% | 0% | 189 min | — |
| Frontier Airlines | 5 | 80% | 0% | 23 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CLT to MSY Charlotte back to New Orleans 78.57% on time COther routes from New Orleans
Common questions
Are flights from New Orleans to Charlotte usually delayed?
82.65% of flights on the MSY to CLT 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 New Orleans to Charlotte?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,644 flights and 82.59% arriving on time.
How often are MSY to CLT flights cancelled?
1.32% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 13 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly New Orleans to Charlotte?
April, when 89.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 69.5%.
When MSY to CLT flights are late, how late are they?
About 100 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 MSY to CLT 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 →