Flights Boston → New Orleans
BOS → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to New Orleans operates with an average on-time performance rate of 75%, experiencing a mean delay of 20.7 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 227 flights using Embraer 190 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in its destination city which handles nearly 11.9 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Boston (BOS) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 289 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.77%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-west for about 2,200 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 10m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of BOS-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 289 tracked BOS-MSY flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 2.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOS-MSY
On the Boston (BOS) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 289 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-New Orleans is 2.77% across 289 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
