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 one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 6 am and 44% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	MSY	1h 38m	72%	1.6%	62	Flying now
American	DFW	MSY	1h 30m	68%	2.9%	2,574	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	MSY	1h 31m	74%	4.8%	168	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.


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 08m Houston	IAH 07:30 → MSY 08:46UA 491	3h 36m	96%	87%
United Details →	DFW 07:00 → IAH 08:26UA 2670	3h 29m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	6h 14m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 23m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 12m	99%	82%
United Details →	DFW 17:24 → IAH 18:46UA 1609	3h 29m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	6h 02m	95%	80%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 36m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	7h 25m	99%	79%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → ORD 07:38AA 1360	1h 27m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → MSY 11:44AA 4748 · flown by Republic	6h 40m	91%	79%
United Details →	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114	1h 39m Chicago	ORD 14:05 → MSY 16:49UA 3658 · flown by Republic	7h 04m	97%	76%
American Details →	DFW 08:34 → CLT 12:14AA 1690	2h 20m Charlotte	CLT 14:34 → MSY 15:36AA 2174	7h 02m	98%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	52m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	3h 28m	72%	62%
American Details →	DFW 18:10 → MIA 22:05AA 2206	1h 00m Miami	MIA 23:05 → MSY 00:09 +1AA 2552	5h 59m	56%	34%
American Details →	DFW 10:45 → ORD 13:25AA 3330	49m Chicago	ORD 14:14 → MSY 16:37AA 2198	5h 56m	50%	27%

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

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 05:10 4%

ATL · 56m · leaves 06:55 10%

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 07:00 11%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 58m · leaves 11:55 29%

MIA · 1h 00m · leaves 18:10 44%

ORD · 51m · leaves 17:35 63%

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 3193 DFW 07:20 → IAH United UA 2385 IAH 11:55 → MSY Connection details →	3h 23m	5h 54m	95%	82%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	1h 52m	5h 42m	90%	77%
American AA 3249 DFW 07:17 → ATL Delta DL 3157 ATL 13:45 → MSY Connection details →	3h 17m	7h 03m	94%	77%

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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