Flights New Orleans → Cincinnati
MSY → CVG
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Cincinnati has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of 10.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 7.5 million passengers pass through the destination airport, indicating its significance as a travel hub.
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) → Cincinnati (CVG) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 38 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Cincinnati 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 Cincinnati: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Cincinnati (CVG) heads north-east for about 1,129 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 50m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of MSY-CVG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Cincinnati it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 38 tracked MSY-CVG flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about MSY-CVG
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Cincinnati (CVG) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 38 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Cincinnati is 0.00% across 38 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
