Flights Cleveland → New Orleans
CLE → MSY
Route overview
This flight route connects Cleveland with New Orleans, featuring a perfect on-time performance record of 100% over the past five flights. Notably, these flights have even arrived ahead of schedule by an average of four minutes.
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 Cleveland (CLE) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 5 flights monitored in recent months, 100% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11/100 (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 Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cleveland (CLE) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-west for about 1,478 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 16m.
Departures from Cleveland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of CLE-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cleveland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 5 tracked CLE-MSY flights, 100% left on time with an average delay of -4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
Airlines operating CLE-MSY
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Frequently asked questions about CLE-MSY
On the Cleveland (CLE) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 100% with an average delay of -4 minutes, based on 5 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cleveland-New Orleans is 0.00% across 5 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United Airlines.
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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.
