Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 3% of the time at 8 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	LAS	MSY	3h 20m	74%	0.3%	739	Flying now
Spirit	LAS	MSY	3h 29m	82%	2.6%	76	Not flying now
Frontier	LAS	MSY	3h 19m	73%few flights	0.0%	22	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New Orleans on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New Orleans is 2 h ahead of Las Vegas). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LAS 23:25 → BNA 05:00WN 2191	3h 05m Nashville	BNA 08:05 → MSY 09:40 +1WN 594	8h 15m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	LAS 22:00 → ATL 05:00DL 879	3h 58m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30 +1DL 1424	9h 33m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAS 05:30 → DEN 08:32UA 596	1h 18m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MSY 13:39UA 2273	6h 09m	99%	88%
American Details →	LAS 22:25 → MIA 06:30AA 1080	1h 30m Miami	MIA 08:00 → MSY 09:18 +1AA 2168	8h 53m	90%	87%
Southwest Details →	LAS 22:50 → MCO 06:25WN 4590	3h 10m Orlando	MCO 09:35 → MSY 10:25 +1WN 2668	9h 35m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	LAS 00:33 → ATL 07:18DL 857	3h 47m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	9h 09m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	LAS 06:00 → SLC 08:20DL 2674	1h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:25 → MSY 13:49DL 2100	5h 49m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	LAS 05:50 → DTW 12:47DL 864	1h 36m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	8h 07m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	LAS 23:59 → JFK 08:00B6 948	59m New York	JFK 08:59 → MSY 11:20 +1B6 75	9h 20m	71%	57%
Delta Details →	LAS 23:30 → JFK 07:25DL 498	1h 05m New York	JFK 08:30 → MSY 10:51 +1DL 1368	9h 21m	68%	53%
American Details →	LAS 14:02 → DFW 19:03AA 777	57m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:00 → MSY 21:31AA 1455	5h 29m	70%	38%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 05:30 1%

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 3%

SEA · 52m · leaves 06:02 10%

Afternoon and evening

FLL · 1h 05m · leaves 11:27 21%

DFW · 57m · leaves 14:02 30%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 15:00 53%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


American AA 2949 LAS 00:59 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	3h 40m	9h 56m	99%	90%
United UA 726 LAS 23:59 → ORD American AA 4748 ORD 09:05 → MSY Connection details →	3h 25m	9h 41m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 2179 LAS 22:50 → ATL Delta DL 1424 ATL 08:58 → MSY Connection details →	3h 13m	8h 43m	97%	87%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON