MSY to JFK flight delays
New Orleans, LA (MSY) New York, NY (JFK) · 1,182 miles
1,142 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
78.67%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.73%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
81 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
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 4.73% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Delta Air Lines arrived on time 8.8 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 shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 81 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 September it ran 24.3 points more punctual than in July — 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on MSY to JFK. JetBlue Airways was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.
Every airline on MSY to JFK
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 | 720 | 81.98% | 5.56% | 69 min | D |
| JetBlue Airways | 415 | 73.18% | 3.37% | 95 min | D |
| Frontier Airlines | 7 | 71.43% | 0% | 96 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
JFK to MSY New York back to New Orleans 81.58% on time DOther routes from New Orleans
Common questions
Are flights from New Orleans to New York usually delayed?
78.67% of flights on the MSY to JFK 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 New Orleans to New York?
Delta Air Lines, at 81.98% on time across 720 flights. The least punctual on the route was JetBlue Airways at 73.18%.
How often are MSY to JFK flights cancelled?
4.73% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 47 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly New Orleans to New York?
September, when 90.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 65.9%.
When MSY to JFK flights are late, how late are they?
About 81 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 JFK 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 →