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 1% of the time at 8 am and 28% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BWI	MSY	2h 55m	78%	1.4%	1,027	Flying now
Spirit	BWI	MSY	2h 56m	90%	0.9%	112	Not flying now
Frontier	BWI	MSY	2h 54m	67%few flights	0.0%	18	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 1 h behind Baltimore). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	BWI 06:15 → ORD 07:30UA 709	2h 55m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → MSY 12:55UA 1850	7h 40m	100%	95%
American Details →	BWI 05:02 → CLT 06:26AA 1708	1h 11m Charlotte	CLT 07:37 → MSY 08:38AA 2180	4h 36m	96%	87%
American Details →	BWI 06:03 → ORD 07:30AA 3889 · flown by Envoy	1h 35m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → MSY 11:44AA 4748 · flown by Republic	6h 37m	96%	84%
Southwest Details →	BWI 06:50 → HOU 09:00WN 3246	1h 45m Houston	HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051	6h 10m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950	1h 27m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	4h 53m	96%	84%
United Details →	BWI 06:00 → IAH 08:16UA 1898	3h 39m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	8h 14m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	BWI 07:00 → ATL 08:56DL 2579	2h 09m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	5h 42m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	BWI 09:39 → DTW 11:07DL 2341	3h 16m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	7h 18m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BWI 17:00 → ATL 19:08DL 2799	46m Atlanta	ATL 19:54 → MSY 20:32DL 1450	4h 32m	70%	50%
United Details →	BWI 17:32 → ORD 18:55UA 590	1h 16m Chicago	ORD 20:11 → MSY 22:46UA 1761	6h 14m	72%	43%
American Details →	BWI 20:16 → CLT 21:55AA 1637	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 22:56 → MSY 23:59AA 608	4h 43m	64%	42%

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

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 05:02 4%

DTW · 1h 10m · leaves 06:08 4%

ATL · 50m · leaves 08:17 15%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 20:16 36%

MCO · 55m · leaves 18:40 51%

DFW · 48m · leaves 19:17 59%

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 4659 BWI 05:44 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	3h 13m	8h 11m	98%	90%
Southwest WN 4689 BWI 06:20 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 22m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 883 BWI 06:38 → BOS Delta DL 1398 BOS 11:20 → MSY Connection details →	3h 12m	8h 15m	100%	83%

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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