Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops


Delta	JFK	MSY	3h 31m	83%	5.3%	720	Flying now
JetBlue	JFK	MSY	3h 36m	78%	4.8%	415	Flying now
Frontier	JFK	MSY	–	29%few flights	0.0%	7	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 New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2286	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 42m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → BOS 07:24DL 5765 · flown by Republic	3h 56m Boston	BOS 11:20 → MSY 13:53DL 1398	8h 53m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	JFK 07:15 → MSP 09:26DL 2390	3h 19m Minneapolis	MSP 12:45 → MSY 15:25DL 2695	9h 10m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	JFK 08:40 → ATL 11:14DL 2227	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	6h 40m	95%	76%
Delta Details →	JFK 17:40 → ATL 20:34DL 2293	2h 36m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → MSY 23:43DL 2224	7h 04m	94%	75%
American Details →	JFK 06:49 → DFW 09:50AA 813	2h 48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:38 → MSY 14:12AA 3721 · flown by Envoy	8h 23m	100%	73%
Delta Details →	JFK 07:00 → AUS 10:03DL 1406	3h 26m Austin	AUS 13:29 → MSY 15:13DL 4016 · flown by SkyWest	9h 13m	99%	72%
Delta Details →	JFK 11:00 → ATL 13:33DL 1029	1h 46m Atlanta	ATL 15:19 → MSY 15:57DL 3146	5h 57m	93%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	JFK 16:00 → MIA 19:26AA 1479	49m Miami	MIA 20:15 → MSY 21:21AA 2196	6h 21m	65%	42%
American Details →	JFK 09:23 → DCA 10:59AA 4671 · flown by Republic	46m Washington	DCA 11:45 → MSY 13:27AA 3175	5h 04m	51%	32%
JetBlue Details →	JFK 09:30 → FLL 12:46B6 1801	55m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 13:41 → MSY 14:45B6 1823	6h 16m	61%	32%

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

DCA · 46m · leaves 09:23 49%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 19:00 18%

MIA · 49m · leaves 16:00 35%

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.


JetBlue B6 905 JFK 07:05 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	1h 35m	6h 50m	85%	78%
JetBlue B6 183 JFK 08:10 → MCO Frontier F9 1431 MCO 13:53 → MSY Connection details →	2h 51m	7h 39m	97%	75%
JetBlue B6 2718 JFK 06:29 → BOS Delta DL 1398 BOS 11:20 → MSY Connection details →	3h 34m	8h 24m	97%	75%

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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