MSY → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · New Orleans, LA to San Diego, CA · 345 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 14 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 54% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MSY → SAN (345 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time24270%
16-30 min4413%
31-60 min329%
61-120 min206%
2+ hrs62%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073050%+20 min
2025-082685%-2 min
2025-092669%+23 min
2025-103184%+3 min
2025-112979%-2 min
2025-123184%+0 min
2026-012685%-9 min
2026-022789%-3 min
2026-033184%-3 min
2026-043050%+22 min
2026-053145%+21 min
2026-062642%+36 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5265%
Tue5377%
Wed5279%
Thu5068%
Fri5167%
Sat3580%
Sun5159%

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