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

Atlanta → New Orleans via Chicago: arrives on time 25%

  1. 19:35 ATL → 20:30 MDW
    WN 233 · Southwest · 1h 55m · 31% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 10m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:40 MDW → 23:40 MSY
    WN 2836 · Southwest · 2h 15m · 66% on time, 6.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 20m, scheduled departure to arrival (New Orleans is 1 h behind Atlanta). Times are local. Both flew on 40 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection40%The first flight arrived more than 25 minutes late on 60% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 10m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (40%) × second flight not cancelled (6.0% are) and within 15 minutes (66%).
Total trip5h 20mATL 19:35 to MSY 23:40, 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.