Flights Miami → New Orleans
MIA → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to New Orleans operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay of 11 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 373 flights, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, 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 Miami (MIA) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia Airlines. Across 550 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.9/100 (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 Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to New Orleans (MSY) heads north-west for about 1,085 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of MIA-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 550 tracked MIA-MSY flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 1.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iberia Airlines (IB) | 86% | 17 min | 4.8% |
| British Airways (BA) | 77% | 17 min | 2.4% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about MIA-MSY
On the Miami (MIA) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 550 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-New Orleans is 1.09% across 550 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, British Airways, Iberia 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.
