Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

New Orleans → Seattle via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 25%

  1. 20:03 MSY → 21:45 DFW
    AA 2291 · American · 1h 41m · 62% on time, 8.7% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:41 DFW → 00:57 SEA +1 day
    AA 1487 · American · 4h 16m · 47% on time, 6.2% cancelled

Total trip 6h 54m, scheduled departure to arrival (Seattle is 2 h behind New Orleans). Times are local. Both flew on 0 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection62%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 38% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (8.7% are) × connection made (62%) × second flight not cancelled (6.2% are) and within 15 minutes (47%).
Total trip6h 54mMSY 20:03 to SEA 00:57, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.