Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

WN 2598 · Houston (HOU) → New Orleans (MSY)

Sold by Southwest. Still flying: 1 of the last 56 days.

Arrives on time61%within 15 minutes, of 34 flights
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late9%of flights that operated
When late, on average50 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.

Leaves HOU
13:55
Arrives MSY
15:10
Flight time
1h 15m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
1 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late39%
30+ min late33%
1h+ late9%
2h+ late0%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at HOU

All flights leaving Houston (HOU) at 1–2 pm, wherever they’re going: 74% left within 15 minutes and 0.8% were cancelled (2,543 flights in the year). Other Southwest flights on this route →

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