WN857 MSY → DCA

Southwest Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Washington, DC · 36 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 969 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Saturdays vs. 38% on Fridays.

WN857 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MSY → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
56%
Median delay
+11 min
90th percentile
+118 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN857 on time?

Across 36 flights on MSY → DCA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN857 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 56% of the time. The median arrival delay was +11 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +118 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2056%
16-30 min514%
31-60 min617%
61-120 min13%
2+ hrs411%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-111759%+35 min
2025-121553%+35 min
2026-01450%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon667%
Tue367%
Wed1100%
Thu333%
Fri838%
Sat580%
Sun1050%

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