Flights New Orleans → Boston
MSY → BOS
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Boston operates with an average on-time performance of 73%, experiencing a mean delay of 20.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 226 flights using Embraer 190 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at its destination.
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) → Boston (BOS) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 288 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boston 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 Boston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Boston (BOS) heads north-east for about 2,200 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 10m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of MSY-BOS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 288 tracked MSY-BOS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 3.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSY-BOS
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Boston (BOS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 288 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Boston is 3.13% across 288 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
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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.
