DCA → MSY American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA · 1,245 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 57 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +55 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is American Airlines from DCA to MSY?

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → MSY (1,245 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time90475%
16-30 min948%
31-60 min897%
61-120 min736%
2+ hrs413%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078471%+15 min
2025-088775%+5 min
2025-098679%+2 min
2025-109181%+4 min
2025-1111373%+11 min
2025-1211668%+13 min
2026-0110785%-4 min
2026-0210366%+8 min
2026-0311477%+18 min
2026-0411576%+6 min
2026-0510477%+6 min
2026-068177%+5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17879%
Tue18382%
Wed18076%
Thu17466%
Fri17573%
Sat14081%
Sun17171%

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