Airports · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport
Flights from New Orleans (MSY)
Airlines flew 52,891 departures out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) carrying 6,132,021 passengers over the 12 months through April 2026. Here's what actually flew — the busiest routes, the carriers, and the aircraft — from US DOT T-100 filings.
What flies from New Orleans
US DOT T-100 · filed dataWhat airlines actually flew out of New Orleans — departures, seats, and passengers filed with the US DOT (T-100) over the trailing 12 months, not a schedule.
Departures
52,891
April 2026
Seats flown
8,389,690
Passengers
6,132,021
Load factor
73.1%
passengers ÷ seats
Busiest routes from New Orleans
Where flights from New Orleans go most, by departures over the trailing 12 months.
4,090 departures · 605,958 passengers
79.4%
Load
3,186 departures · 341,007 passengers
70.5%
Load
2,755 departures · 339,989 passengers
77.0%
Load
2,451 departures · 294,550 passengers
71.9%
Load
2,312 departures · 234,590 passengers
78.7%
Load
2,291 departures · 226,537 passengers
61.7%
Load
2,272 departures · 238,723 passengers
65.5%
Load
2,227 departures · 285,441 passengers
76.1%
Load
2,089 departures · 177,617 passengers
60.5%
Load
1,872 departures · 157,530 passengers
72.1%
Load
1,782 departures · 231,235 passengers
74.3%
Load
1,669 departures · 214,613 passengers
77.4%
Load
1,579 departures · 179,329 passengers
71.6%
Load
1,559 departures · 189,952 passengers
76.8%
Load
1,368 departures · 183,617 passengers
83.0%
Load
Airlines at New Orleans
Ranked by seats flown — the capacity each carrier actually operated out of New Orleans.
- WN
2,965,956 seats · 68.3% load
35.4%
Share
- DL
1,292,003 seats · 79.3% load
15.4%
Share
- AA
1,197,351 seats · 76.4% load
14.3%
Share
- UA
1,060,119 seats · 75.6% load
12.6%
Share
- NK
785,299 seats · 68.9% load
9.4%
Share
- MX
204,670 seats · 75.3% load
2.4%
Share
- B6
180,925 seats · 79.3% load
2.2%
Share
- F9
175,958 seats · 68.3% load
2.1%
Share
- AS
129,674 seats · 81.7% load
1.5%
Share
- YX
61,178 seats · 87.9% load
0.7%
Share
Aircraft flown from New Orleans
Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not what's based here.
11,023 departures · 71.6% load
20.8%
Share
7,631 departures · 68.5% load
14.4%
Share
7,508 departures · 70.8% load
14.2%
Share
5,110 departures · 74.4% load
9.7%
Share
3,773 departures · 78.6% load
7.1%
Share
3,643 departures · 79.3% load
6.9%
Share
2,540 departures · 72.0% load
4.8%
Share
2,360 departures · 80.6% load
4.5%
Share
1,643 departures · 77.7% load
3.1%
Share
1,642 departures · 71.4% load
3.1%
Share
1,455 departures · 78.4% load
2.8%
Share
1,008 departures · 67.5% load
1.9%
Share
Monthly departures from New Orleans
Monthly departures from New Orleans, trailing 12 months through April 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.
May 2025
4,706 departures · 594,448 passengers
78.4%
Load
June 2025
4,274 departures · 520,028 passengers
77.6%
Load
July 2025
4,278 departures · 505,505 passengers
76.1%
Load
August 2025
4,000 departures · 429,879 passengers
69.1%
Load
September 2025
3,858 departures · 436,038 passengers
71.5%
Load
October 2025
4,968 departures · 606,813 passengers
75.2%
Load
November 2025
4,563 departures · 540,073 passengers
72.9%
Load
December 2025
4,417 departures · 502,212 passengers
72.3%
Load
January 2026
3,977 departures · 414,333 passengers
66.0%
Load
February 2026
4,362 departures · 495,835 passengers
71.2%
Load
March 2026
4,735 departures · 547,714 passengers
73.7%
Load
April 2026
4,753 departures · 539,143 passengers
71.4%
Load
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through April 2026. The DOT publishes roughly three months in arrears.