DAL → MSY Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to New Orleans, LA · 2,288 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 134 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 57% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+47 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to MSY?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → MSY (2,288 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +47 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,72977%
16-30 min1818%
31-60 min1858%
61-120 min1085%
2+ hrs562%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716870%+19 min
2025-0817973%+11 min
2025-0917982%+2 min
2025-1022176%+8 min
2025-1119978%+7 min
2025-1218981%+3 min
2026-0117786%-3 min
2026-0218786%+1 min
2026-0320678%+9 min
2026-0419578%+8 min
2026-0519865%+16 min
2026-0616163%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon33580%
Tue31784%
Wed31080%
Thu34069%
Fri34373%
Sat25774%
Sun35775%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…