Flights New Orleans → Austin
MSY → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Austin operates with a Boeing 737-500 and has an on-time performance rate of 75%, with an average delay of 14.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 487 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 21,089,289 passengers.
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 New Orleans (MSY) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 655 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 0.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Austin (AUS) heads west for about 712 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 19m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 55% of MSY-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 655 tracked MSY-AUS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSY-AUS
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 655 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Austin is 0.46% across 655 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
