Flights New Orleans → Fort Lauderdale
MSY → FLL
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Fort Lauderdale has a 73% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 16.2 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 430 flights, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 31,686,404 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 New Orleans (MSY) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 564 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.37%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) heads east for about 1,083 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 46m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of MSY-FLL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fort Lauderdale it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 564 tracked MSY-FLL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 3.4% 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 MSY-FLL
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Fort Lauderdale (FLL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 564 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Fort Lauderdale is 3.37% across 564 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.
