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 6% of the time at 10 am and 18% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BNA	MSY	1h 40m	79%	0.7%	1,433	Flying now
Spirit	BNA	MSY	1h 33m	78%	1.8%	56	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 →	BNA 06:15 → STL 07:35WN 679	50m St Louis	STL 08:25 → MSY 10:10WN 4780	3h 55m	95%	87%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MCO 08:00WN 564	1h 35m Orlando	MCO 09:35 → MSY 10:25WN 2668	5h 15m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	BNA 05:10 → ATL 07:20DL 2637	1h 38m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	4h 23m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	BNA 06:15 → ATL 08:31DL 3001	2h 34m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	5h 27m	99%	83%
Southwest Details →	BNA 05:10 → MDW 06:45WN 573	2h 05m Chicago	MDW 08:50 → MSY 11:05WN 2834	5h 55m	100%	79%
Delta Details →	BNA 10:06 → DTW 12:46DL 2682	1h 37m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	5h 51m	95%	78%
United Details →	BNA 06:30 → IAH 08:42UA 396	1h 03m Houston	IAH 09:45 → MSY 11:01UA 575	4h 31m	97%	77%
Delta Details →	BNA 09:48 → ATL 12:01DL 3069	1h 44m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	4h 32m	97%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BNA 16:31 → ATL 18:49DL 3142	1h 05m Atlanta	ATL 19:54 → MSY 20:32DL 1450	4h 01m	73%	52%
United Details →	BNA 16:59 → ORD 19:00UA 1884	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 20:11 → MSY 22:46UA 1761	5h 47m	61%	36%
American Details →	BNA 18:43 → DFW 21:00AA 3925 · flown by Envoy	1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MSY 23:58AA 1472	5h 15m	74%	31%

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

STL · 50m · leaves 06:15 5%

HOU · 48m · leaves 05:02 18%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 16:59 39%

DAL · 1h 08m · leaves 18:58 49%

MIA · 1h 01m · leaves 18:39 55%

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 477 BNA 10:10 → CLT American AA 2174 CLT 14:34 → MSY Connection details →	1h 59m	5h 26m	97%	74%
Southwest WN 4712 BNA 09:15 → MCO Frontier F9 1431 MCO 13:53 → MSY Connection details →	1h 43m	5h 34m	87%	70%
Southwest WN 893 BNA 12:50 → ATL Delta DL 3132 ATL 17:35 → MSY Connection details →	2h 35m	5h 20m	84%	61%

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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