AA856 MSY → LGA

American Airlines · New Orleans, LA to New York, NY · 55 flights observed, 2025-09-03 to 2025-11-01 · 1,183 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 88% on-time on Sundays vs. 50% on Thursdays.

AA856 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MSY → LGA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+76 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA856 on time?

Across 55 flights on MSY → LGA from 2025-09-03 to 2025-11-01, AA856 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 67% of the time. The median arrival delay was +2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +76 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3667%
16-30 min36%
31-60 min713%
61-120 min713%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-092479%+2 min
2025-102955%+32 min
2025-111100%-6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon875%
Tue875%
Wed956%
Thu850%
Fri956%
Sat475%
Sun888%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…