Flight profile · Alaska Airlines
AS568
Seattle (SEA) to New Orleans (MSY) · scheduled 9:40 AM – 5:56 PM
How AS568 performs
1,062 operations, 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30.
AS568 arrived on time 76.6% of the time, against 79.0% for all SEA → MSY flights — this specific departure is 2.4 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Alaska Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 2.4 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,062 operations between 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS568 | 76.6% | 0.56% | -3 min | 4.1% | 1,062 |
| Alaska Airlines on SEA → MSY | 79.0% | 0.55% | -4 min | 2.9% | 2,011 |
| All SEA → MSY flights | 79.0% | 0.54% | -4 min | 2.9% | 2,024 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AS568 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 13.8 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-03 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AS568 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIT→SEA Pittsburgh to Seattle | 2026-05-13 – 2026-06-09 | 28 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AS568 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,062 records of AS568 operating SEA → MSY, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.