Flights Fort Lauderdale → New Orleans
FLL → MSY
How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans?
The flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to New Orleans (MSY) takes 1h 41m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans has a relatively low on-time performance rate of 55%, with an average delay time of 25.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 430 flights, serving the high-traffic destination airport in New Orleans 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 Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 895 flights monitored in recent months, 58% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 23 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to New Orleans (MSY) heads north-west for about 1,083 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Fort Lauderdale on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of FLL-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fort Lauderdale the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 895 tracked FLL-MSY flights, 58% left on time with an average delay of 23 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about FLL-MSY
The flight from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to New Orleans (MSY) takes 1h 41m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Fort Lauderdale (FLL) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 58% with an average delay of 23 minutes, based on 895 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fort Lauderdale-New Orleans is 2.46% across 895 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.
