Flights New Orleans → San Diego
MSY → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from New Orleans to San Diego has a moderate on-time performance rate of 58%, with an average delay of 19.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 88 flights along this route, serving the highly trafficked San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and currently handles nearly 22 million 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) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 54% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 22 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.6/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego 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 San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from New Orleans (MSY) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 2,568 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 38m.
Departures from New Orleans on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of MSY-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 119 tracked MSY-SAN flights, 54% left on time with an average delay of 22 min and a 0.0% 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-SAN
On the New Orleans (MSY) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 54% with an average delay of 22 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on New Orleans-San Diego is 0.00% across 119 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.
