ORD → MSY American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to New Orleans, LA · 1,084 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 42 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → MSY (1,084 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time78874%
16-30 min535%
31-60 min919%
61-120 min808%
2+ hrs464%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078770%+15 min
2025-086582%-1 min
2025-095988%-8 min
2025-108783%+4 min
2025-1110985%-3 min
2025-1210762%+24 min
2026-019574%+3 min
2026-029179%+3 min
2026-039870%+18 min
2026-048469%+16 min
2026-058876%+12 min
2026-068863%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15170%
Tue15982%
Wed16175%
Thu14673%
Fri14972%
Sat14581%
Sun14767%

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