MSY to CVG flight delays
New Orleans, LA (MSY) Cincinnati, KY (CVG) · 701 miles
131 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.66%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.29%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
122 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
34 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. CVG to MSY arrives on time 8.3 points more 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.
Only Allegiant Air 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 Cincinnati run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, Allegiant Air arrived on time most often on MSY to CVG. Flights ran closest to schedule in August and worst in November.
Every airline on MSY to CVG
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 128 | 72.8% | 2.34% | 125 min | D |
| Frontier Airlines | 3 | 66.67% | 0% | 19 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CVG to MSY Cincinnati back to New Orleans 80.95% on time COther routes from New Orleans
Common questions
Are flights from New Orleans to Cincinnati usually delayed?
72.66% of flights on the MSY to CVG route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from New Orleans to Cincinnati?
Only Allegiant Air appears in the published record on this route, with 128 flights and 72.8% arriving on time.
How often are MSY to CVG flights cancelled?
2.29% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 23 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When MSY to CVG flights are late, how late are they?
About 122 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 CVG during July 2024 – July 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 →