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

New Orleans → Detroit via Atlanta: arrives on time 44%

  1. 17:29 MSY → 20:03 ATL
    DL 3146 · Delta · 1h 34m · 84% on time, 3.6% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:51 ATL → 22:54 DTW
    DL 1232 · Delta · 2h 03m · 68% on time, 0.7% cancelled

Total trip 4h 25m, scheduled departure to arrival (Detroit is 1 h ahead of New Orleans). Times are local. Both flew on 0 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection68%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 32% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time44%First flight not cancelled (3.6% are) × connection made (68%) × second flight not cancelled (0.7% are) and within 15 minutes (68%).
Total trip4h 25mMSY 17:29 to DTW 22:54, 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.