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 5% of the time at 8 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LAX	MSY	3h 38m	82%	0.4%	950	Flying now
Southwest	LAX	MSY	3h 35m	72%	0.3%	357	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	MSY	3h 38m	78%	2.6%	152	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 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	2h 59m Miami	MIA 08:00 → MSY 09:18 +1AA 2168	10h 26m	97%	95%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:00 → BNA 05:00WN 2382	3h 05m Nashville	BNA 08:05 → MSY 09:40 +1WN 594	8h 40m	100%	92%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 28m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MSY 13:39UA 2273	6h 39m	100%	89%
United Details →	LAX 21:00 → EWR 05:18UA 2397	1h 42m Newark	EWR 07:00 → MSY 09:11 +1UA 1309	10h 11m	95%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	3h 57m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30 +1DL 1424	9h 48m	99%	89%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 18m Houston	IAH 07:30 → MSY 08:46UA 491	5h 55m	97%	89%
American Details →	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24AA 2199	2h 13m Charlotte	CLT 07:37 → MSY 08:38 +1AA 2180	8h 57m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	LAX 05:35 → LAS 06:50WN 2403	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → MSY 13:50WN 2280	6h 15m	100%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LAX 07:05 → ATL 14:30DL 515	49m Atlanta	ATL 15:19 → MSY 15:57DL 3146	6h 52m	70%	54%
American Details →	LAX 10:40 → MIA 19:00AA 3016	1h 15m Miami	MIA 20:15 → MSY 21:21AA 2196	8h 41m	74%	47%
United Details →	LAX 12:50 → ORD 19:05UA 457	1h 06m Chicago	ORD 20:11 → MSY 22:46UA 1761	7h 56m	73%	43%

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 18m · leaves 00:51 3%

SLC · 55m · leaves 05:35 5%

IAD · 1h 07m · leaves 23:30 9%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 50m · leaves 18:20 62%

DFW · 46m · leaves 13:53 65%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 14:10 69%

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 2919 LAX 00:40 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	3h 19m	10h 15m	96%	89%
American AA 2149 LAX 23:59 → BNA Southwest WN 594 BNA 08:05 → MSY Connection details →	1h 57m	7h 41m	96%	88%
United UA 1962 LAX 23:30 → ORD American AA 4748 ORD 09:05 → MSY Connection details →	3h 19m	10h 10m	100%	87%

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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