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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and 14% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MSY	MCI	2h 00m	80%	0.3%	364	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kansas City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MSY 05:10 → DEN 06:55WN 2991	3h 05m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114	7h 35m	98%	96%
American Details →	MSY 09:58 → MIA 12:58AA 2168	1h 50m Miami	MIA 14:48 → MCI 17:23AA 3939 · flown by Envoy	7h 25m	97%	89%
United Details →	MSY 08:04 → DEN 10:05UA 1376	3h 35m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586	8h 18m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:20 → DAL 06:45WN 2964	1h 50m Dallas	DAL 08:35 → MCI 10:10WN 1343	4h 50m	94%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 07:28 → ATL 09:59DL 2522	3h 25m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 04m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	5h 56m	98%	85%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	3h 23m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MCI 16:47UA 3987 · flown by Mesa	6h 54m	99%	85%
United Details →	MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124	3h 46m Houston	IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa	7h 15m	99%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSY 19:14 → ATL 21:56DL 3132	52m Atlanta	ATL 22:48 → MCI 23:59DL 2911	4h 45m	74%	59%
American Details →	MSY 19:58 → DFW 21:45AA 2158	59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:44 → MCI 00:23 +1AA 1036	4h 25m	41%	20%
Southwest Details →	MSY 17:40 → DEN 19:45WN 1743	1h 03m Denver	DEN 20:48 → MCI 23:30WN 4758	5h 50m	35%	11%

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

MCO · 1h 15m · leaves 05:00 4%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:20 6%

ORD · 46m · leaves 07:43 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 59m · leaves 19:58 59%

DEN · 1h 03m · leaves 17:40 65%

BNA · 55m · leaves 15:00 72%

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.


Southwest WN 2991 MSY 05:10 → DEN Frontier F9 4828 DEN 10:16 → MCI Connection details →	3h 21m	7h 50m	98%	88%
Delta DL 1547 MSY 05:20 → ATL Southwest WN 3931 ATL 10:55 → MCI Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 40m	98%	83%
United UA 1376 MSY 08:04 → DEN Southwest WN 351 DEN 12:30 → MCI Connection details →	2h 25m	7h 01m	92%	80%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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