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 70-minute layover misses 1% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	DEN	MSY	2h 45m	86%	0.1%	1,016	Flying now
Frontier	DEN	MSY	2h 48m	82%	2.5%	203	Flying now
Southwest	DEN	MSY	2h 35m	71%	0.7%	1,058	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 ahead of Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	DEN 23:45 → MIA 05:41AA 1737	2h 19m Miami	MIA 08:00 → MSY 09:18 +1AA 2168	8h 33m	97%	94%
United Details →	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40UA 1745	1h 20m Newark	EWR 07:00 → MSY 09:11 +1UA 1309	8h 12m	97%	92%
Delta Details →	DEN 00:40 → ATL 05:42DL 302	3h 16m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	7h 53m	100%	89%
Southwest Details →	DEN 05:45 → LAS 06:40WN 3106	1h 35m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → MSY 13:50WN 2280	7h 05m	100%	88%
American Details →	DEN 23:59 → CLT 05:13AA 3156	2h 24m Charlotte	CLT 07:37 → MSY 08:38 +1AA 2180	7h 39m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	DEN 05:15 → HOU 08:40WN 1730	2h 05m Houston	HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051	5h 45m	100%	86%
United Details →	DEN 05:00 → IAH 08:32UA 320	3h 23m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	7h 14m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DEN 05:40 → SLC 07:13DL 2544	2h 12m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:25 → MSY 13:49DL 2100	7h 09m	96%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DEN 15:57 → CLT 21:27AA 1735	1h 29m Charlotte	CLT 22:56 → MSY 23:59AA 608	7h 02m	69%	47%
Southwest Details →	DEN 15:30 → BNA 19:05WN 2597	1h 10m Nashville	BNA 20:15 → MSY 21:50WN 4475	5h 20m	46%	26%
American Details →	DEN 18:10 → DFW 21:18AA 1322	1h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MSY 23:58AA 1472	4h 48m	51%	21%

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

SAN · 1h 02m · leaves 06:32 0%

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 05:00 1%

EWR · 1h 20m · leaves 23:59 3%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 12m · leaves 18:10 49%

BNA · 1h 10m · leaves 15:30 54%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 17:50 61%

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.


Frontier F9 1450 DEN 23:46 → ATL Delta DL 1424 ATL 08:58 → MSY Connection details →	3h 56m	8h 47m	98%	87%
Frontier F9 2746 DEN 23:59 → TPA Southwest WN 934 TPA 07:55 → MSY Connection details →	2h 23m	7h 36m	92%	86%
Frontier F9 1280 DEN 23:40 → MIA American AA 2168 MIA 08:00 → MSY Connection details →	2h 09m	8h 38m	89%	86%

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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