Holiday travel
Holiday travel at MSY
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, New Orleans, LA. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against MSY’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at MSY
At MSY, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−3.8 points) and July 4 furthest above (+4.2 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at MSY and sets it against MSY’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 83.2%usual 82.4% | +0.8about the sameyears: 3 about the same | 0.50%usual 0.56% | Sunday after (two of three) | Friday after (two of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 78.7%usual 82.5% | −3.8worseyears: 1 about the same, 2 worse | 1.29%usual 2.86% | December 28 (two of three) | December 23 (two of three) | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 74.1%usual 69.9% | +4.2betteryears: 1 better, 3 about the same | 0.96%usual 1.95% | July 2 (two of four) | July 3 (two of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 73.1%usual 72.8% | +0.3about the sameyears: 1 better, 2 about the same | 0.67%usual 1.10% | Memorial Day (three of three) | Sunday before (two of three) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 85.1%usual 82.9% | +2.2about the sameyears: 1 better, 2 about the same | 1.09%usual 0.90% | Labor Day (years pooled) | Sunday before (years pooled) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.