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CLT vs MSY - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
CLT

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, North Carolina

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Airport B
MSY

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans, Louisiana

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric CLT MSY
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.0% 79.9%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.1 min 70.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.0% 20.1%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.10% 1.51%
Total Flights 2,345,248 539,385
Delayed Flights 421,203 108,300
Cancelled Flights 25,904 8,156
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

CLT - Charlotte, NC

Late Aircraft 44.3%
Carrier 31.4%
NAS 16.4%
Weather 7.6%
Security 0.4%

MSY - New Orleans, LA

Late Aircraft 47.3%
Carrier 28.7%
NAS 19.2%
Weather 4.6%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from CLT

Route Flights On-Time
CLT → ATL
Atlanta
29,653 84.4%
ATL → CLT
Charlotte
29,651 84.6%
CLT → LGA
New York
28,574 77.9%
LGA → CLT
Charlotte
28,570 84%
CLT → MCO
Orlando
27,975 75.4%
MCO → CLT
Charlotte
27,972 79.5%

Top routes from MSY

Route Flights On-Time
MSY → ATL
Atlanta
24,869 85.3%
ATL → MSY
New Orleans
24,805 81.6%
MSY → IAH
Houston
18,136 84.4%
IAH → MSY
New Orleans
18,111 81.6%
DFW → MSY
New Orleans
16,235 72.5%
MSY → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
16,228 77.2%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.