Southwest Airlines
WN553New Orleans to Houston
Southwest Airlines flight WN553 flies from New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (HOU), 486 km. Over August 2025 to July 2026 it usually arrives about 8 minutes late: 74% of 389 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 0.8% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
74%
on time (within 15 min)
16%
more than 30 min late
0.8%
cancelled
+8 min
average arrival vs schedule
Every operation of WN553, August 2025 to July 2026: 389 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as WN553
- New Orleans (MSY) to Houston (HOU)64 flights
- San Diego (SAN) to San Jose (SJC)58 flights
- Nashville (BNA) to Charleston (CHS)40 flights
- Dallas Love Field (DAL) to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)34 flights
- Denver (DEN) to Austin Bergstrom (AUS)26 flights
- Austin Bergstrom (AUS) to New Orleans (MSY)25 flights
- Kansas City (MCI) to New Orleans (MSY)17 flights
- Nashville (BNA) to New York (LGA)17 flights
- Eugene (EUG) to Las Vegas (LAS)16 flights
- Las Vegas (LAS) to Dallas Love Field (DAL)16 flights
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