Flights Las Vegas → New Orleans
LAS → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to New Orleans has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.4 minutes when flights are not on schedule. With a total of 175 flights annually and the destination airport serving over eleven million passengers per year, this route is part of a busy air traffic network.
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 Las Vegas (LAS) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 268 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.4/100 (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 Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to New Orleans (MSY) heads east for about 2,409 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 26m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of LAS-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 268 tracked LAS-MSY flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.0% 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 LAS-MSY
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 268 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-New Orleans is 0.00% across 268 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.
