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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	AUS	MSY	1h 44m	80%	0.2%	464	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	MSY	1h 25m	77%	0.4%	1,502	Flying now
Frontier	AUS	MSY	–	75%few flights	0.0%	4	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	AUS 05:45 → DEN 07:00WN 282	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	5h 57m	95%	91%
Southwest Details →	AUS 06:05 → HOU 07:05WN 301	3h 40m Houston	HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051	5h 55m	100%	86%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	57m Houston	IAH 07:30 → MSY 08:46UA 491	3h 16m	94%	85%
United Details →	AUS 07:10 → IAH 08:13UA 2393	3h 42m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	6h 04m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 17m	97%	83%
United Details →	AUS 18:04 → IAH 19:10UA 1326	3h 05m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	5h 22m	96%	82%
American Details →	AUS 05:01 → DFW 06:12AA 2563	2h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:03 → MSY 10:35AA 2166	5h 34m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:15 → ATL 11:30DL 2899	2h 15m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	6h 05m	97%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	AUS 18:08 → MIA 22:02AA 1411	1h 03m Miami	MIA 23:05 → MSY 00:09 +1AA 2552	6h 01m	56%	36%
American Details →	AUS 12:40 → DFW 13:54AA 1402	1h 45m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:39 → MSY 17:07AA 2194	4h 27m	61%	22%
Southwest Details →	AUS 18:45 → HOU 19:45WN 4255	55m Houston	HOU 20:40 → MSY 21:55WN 4756	3h 05m	22%	15%

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

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:25 4%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 05:45 5%

IAH · 57m · leaves 05:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 16:10 25%

MIA · 1h 03m · leaves 18:08 44%

HOU · 55m · leaves 18:45 78%

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 251 AUS 05:30 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 12m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 2116 AUS 07:45 → MCO Frontier F9 1431 MCO 13:53 → MSY Connection details →	2h 28m	7h 04m	100%	81%
American AA 2928 AUS 07:00 → DFW Frontier F9 4994 DFW 11:51 → MSY Connection details →	3h 31m	6h 29m	95%	65%

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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