SAN → MSY Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to New Orleans, LA · 345 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 23 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 44% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SAN → MSY (345 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time25073%
16-30 min4212%
31-60 min288%
61-120 min134%
2+ hrs93%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073063%+23 min
2025-082552%+25 min
2025-092677%+14 min
2025-103165%+13 min
2025-112886%+7 min
2025-123152%+27 min
2026-012688%+8 min
2026-022789%+0 min
2026-033165%+14 min
2026-043087%+1 min
2026-053174%+7 min
2026-062685%+4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5169%
Tue5379%
Wed5290%
Thu5062%
Fri5074%
Sat3566%
Sun5169%

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