Flights Dallas → New Orleans
DAL → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to New Orleans operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay of 11.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 592 flights serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 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 Dallas (DAL) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 797 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (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 Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to New Orleans (MSY) heads south-east for about 700 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of DAL-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 797 tracked DAL-MSY flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DAL-MSY
On the Dallas (DAL) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 797 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-New Orleans is 1.25% across 797 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
