MSY → DFW American Airlines

American Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX · 2,580 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 71 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +73 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+73 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on MSY → DFW (2,580 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +73 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,81173%
16-30 min1888%
31-60 min1958%
61-120 min1466%
2+ hrs1436%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722457%+44 min
2025-0821467%+24 min
2025-0921178%+18 min
2025-1022576%+9 min
2025-1120779%+27 min
2025-1220077%+8 min
2026-0116676%+15 min
2026-0217387%+3 min
2026-0320576%+22 min
2026-0422474%+20 min
2026-0522770%+31 min
2026-0620763%+28 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon36269%
Tue34180%
Wed35075%
Thu37473%
Fri36178%
Sat32969%
Sun36666%

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