LGA → MSY Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · New York, NY to New Orleans, LA · 333 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 12–3pm vs. 50% departing 9am–12pm.
On-time arrival
57%
Median delay
+8 min
90th percentile
+103 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LGA → MSY (333 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 57% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +8 min; the worst 10% ran +103 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time18157%
16-30 min268%
31-60 min5116%
61-120 min3511%
2+ hrs258%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072536%+46 min
2025-082673%+15 min
2025-092681%+8 min
2025-102658%+28 min
2025-112642%+65 min
2025-122839%+52 min
2026-012681%-6 min
2026-022584%-1 min
2026-032948%+35 min
2026-042952%+27 min
2026-052843%+29 min
2026-062450%+30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4949%
Tue5161%
Wed4963%
Thu4957%
Fri4963%
Sat863%
Sun6349%

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