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

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

  1. 14:43 MSY → 16:30 DFW
    AA 3721 · American, flown by Envoy · 1h 47m · 64% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:18 DFW → 21:10 MCO
    AA 2974 · American · 2h 52m · 51% on time, 3.9% cancelled

Total trip 5h 27m, scheduled departure to arrival (Orlando is 1 h ahead of New Orleans). Times are local. Both flew on 54 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection51%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 49% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (51%) × second flight not cancelled (3.9% are) and within 15 minutes (51%).
Total trip5h 27mMSY 14:43 to MCO 21:10, 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.