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

New Orleans → Detroit via New York: arrives on time 50%

  1. 11:50 MSY → 15:57 LGA
    DL 2461 · Delta · 3h 07m · 73% on time, 5.5% cancelled
  2. 1h 03m layover in New York (LGA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:00 LGA → 19:15 DTW
    DL 999 · Delta · 2h 15m · 74% on time, 3.6% cancelled

Total trip 6h 25m, scheduled departure to arrival (Detroit is 1 h ahead of New Orleans). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 18 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 03m layover.
Arrives on time50%First flight not cancelled (5.5% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (3.6% are) and within 15 minutes (74%).
Total trip6h 25mMSY 11:50 to DTW 19:15, 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.