MSY → PHL American Airlines

American Airlines · New Orleans, LA to Philadelphia, PA · 955 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -11 min, while the worst 10% run +57 min or later.
On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-11 min
90th percentile
+57 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on MSY → PHL (955 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 82% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -11 min; the worst 10% ran +57 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time76382%
16-30 min364%
31-60 min394%
61-120 min425%
2+ hrs465%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077377%+25 min
2025-088184%+14 min
2025-097588%-10 min
2025-108681%+4 min
2025-115881%+28 min
2025-127070%+19 min
2026-016478%+20 min
2026-026688%-6 min
2026-038486%+24 min
2026-048990%+10 min
2026-059188%+28 min
2026-068975%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14080%
Tue11885%
Wed12989%
Thu13881%
Fri14085%
Sat12282%
Sun13976%

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