Flights New Orleans → Houston
MSY → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 74%, with an average delay of 12.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 578 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles around 13,908,466 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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 774 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.16%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston 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 Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 485 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 2m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of MSY-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 774 tracked MSY-HOU flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 1.2% 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-HOU
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 774 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-Houston is 1.16% across 774 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.
