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 3% of the time at 9 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	FLL	MSY	2h 15m	67%	0.0%	368	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	MSY	2h 06m	57%	2.0%	488	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	MSY	2h 07m	73%	3.6%	555	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 Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	FLL 05:40 → STL 07:20WN 1874	1h 05m St Louis	STL 08:25 → MSY 10:10WN 4780	5h 30m	97%	91%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:30 → TPA 06:35WN 429	1h 20m Tampa	TPA 07:55 → MSY 08:35WN 934	4h 05m	94%	89%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	1h 38m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	5h 08m	98%	87%
United Details →	FLL 19:13 → IAH 21:09UA 2474	1h 06m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	5h 13m	100%	86%
United Details →	FLL 07:00 → IAH 08:45UA 2314	3h 10m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	7h 14m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	2h 39m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 12m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	FLL 06:10 → MCO 07:15WN 4824	2h 20m Orlando	MCO 09:35 → MSY 10:25WN 2668	5h 15m	96%	82%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:00 → HOU 06:30WN 1861	1h 20m Houston	HOU 07:50 → MSY 09:00WN 1796	5h 00m	93%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	FLL 16:46 → ATL 18:54DL 1413	1h 00m Atlanta	ATL 19:54 → MSY 20:32DL 1450	4h 46m	61%	43%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 20:11 → MSY 22:46UA 1761	7h 26m	65%	39%
American Details →	FLL 15:57 → PHL 18:53AA 1855	51m Philadelphia	PHL 19:44 → MSY 22:10AA 5454 · flown by PSA	7h 13m	47%	26%

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 00m · leaves 07:00 3%

STL · 1h 05m · leaves 05:40 3%

HOU · 1h 20m · leaves 05:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

STL · 50m · leaves 19:10 56%

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 20:25 71%

HOU · 50m · leaves 20:10 82%

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 4824 FLL 06:10 → MCO Frontier F9 3553 MCO 10:57 → MSY Connection details →	3h 42m	6h 41m	98%	82%
JetBlue B6 518 FLL 06:15 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 27m	91%	78%
Southwest WN 1848 FLL 09:25 → AUS Delta DL 4016 AUS 13:29 → MSY Connection details →	2h 14m	6h 48m	94%	74%

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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