Flights Cincinnati → New Orleans
CVG → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Cincinnati to New Orleans demonstrates high punctuality with 93% of flights arriving on time, and the average delay is only 1.7 minutes. Over a period of observation, there were 30 total flights, serving the highly trafficked destination airport in New Orleans which handles nearly 11,895,985 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 Cincinnati (CVG) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 38 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 31 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.7/100 (low), 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 Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cincinnati (CVG) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-west for about 1,129 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 50m.
Departures from Cincinnati on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 71% of CVG-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 38 tracked CVG-MSY flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 31 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about CVG-MSY
On the Cincinnati (CVG) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 31 minutes, based on 38 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cincinnati-New Orleans is 0.00% across 38 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
