MCI → MSY Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Kansas City, MO to New Orleans, LA · 372 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 24 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 63% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+42 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MCI → MSY (372 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +42 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time28777%
16-30 min339%
31-60 min257%
61-120 min185%
2+ hrs82%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073574%+13 min
2025-082458%+19 min
2025-092190%-6 min
2025-103379%+12 min
2025-113090%-3 min
2025-123168%+22 min
2026-013190%-6 min
2026-023686%0 min
2026-033583%-1 min
2026-043476%+6 min
2026-053563%+13 min
2026-062669%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5379%
Tue4489%
Wed4377%
Thu5580%
Fri5467%
Sat4871%
Sun7480%

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