TPA → MSY Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Tampa, FL to New Orleans, LA · 853 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 47 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 58% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
83%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+37 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on TPA → MSY (853 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 83% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +37 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time70183%
16-30 min506%
31-60 min435%
61-120 min314%
2+ hrs212%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075680%+6 min
2025-084781%+7 min
2025-094791%-1 min
2025-108480%+8 min
2025-118288%+2 min
2025-128882%+11 min
2026-016782%+0 min
2026-027186%+2 min
2026-038989%-2 min
2026-047986%+1 min
2026-057968%+10 min
2026-065782%+3 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13382%
Tue11586%
Wed11292%
Thu13383%
Fri13478%
Sat7888%
Sun14174%

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