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

New Orleans → Boston via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 32%

  1. 14:43 MSY → 16:30 DFW
    AA 3721 · American, flown by Envoy · 1h 47m · 64% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 57m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:27 DFW → 22:17 BOS
    AA 2306 · American · 3h 50m · 55% on time, 3.8% cancelled

Total trip 6h 34m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of New Orleans). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection61%The first flight arrived more than 12 minutes late on 39% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 57m layover.
Arrives on time32%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (61%) × second flight not cancelled (3.8% are) and within 15 minutes (55%).
Total trip6h 34mMSY 14:43 to BOS 22:17, 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.