Flights San Diego → New Orleans
SAN → MSY
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to New Orleans has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 8.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 88 flights on this route, connecting San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928, to Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, serving over 11,895,985 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 San Diego (SAN) → New Orleans (MSY) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At New Orleans the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to New Orleans: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to New Orleans (MSY) heads east for about 2,568 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 38m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 87% of SAN-MSY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into New Orleans it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 119 tracked SAN-MSY flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 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 SAN-MSY
On the San Diego (SAN) -> New Orleans (MSY) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-New Orleans 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.
