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 barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LGA	MSY	3h 25m	80%	4.7%	718	Flying now
American	LGA	MSY	3h 26m	71%	2.7%	365	Flying now
Southwest	LGA	MSY	3h 30m	58%	4.2%	333	Flying now
Frontier	LGA	MSY	–	75%few flights	0.0%	4	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.


United Details →	LGA 06:10 → ORD 07:49UA 2389	2h 36m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → MSY 12:55UA 1850	7h 45m	99%	90%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAH 08:44UA 2371	3h 11m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	8h 14m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	LGA 09:25 → DTW 11:25DL 1078	2h 58m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	7h 32m	99%	82%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAD 07:26UA 3656 · flown by Republic	1h 14m Dulles	IAD 08:40 → MSY 10:24UA 2253	5h 24m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 42m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	LGA 07:55 → MSP 09:48DL 2473	2h 57m Minneapolis	MSP 12:45 → MSY 15:25DL 2695	8h 30m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → BOS 08:22DL 5793 · flown by Republic	2h 58m Boston	BOS 11:20 → MSY 13:53DL 1398	7h 54m	100%	79%
United Details →	LGA 15:38 → IAH 18:46UA 1794	3h 29m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	8h 48m	93%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LGA 16:00 → ATL 18:48DL 969	1h 06m Atlanta	ATL 19:54 → MSY 20:32DL 1450	5h 32m	72%	51%
American Details →	LGA 18:24 → MIA 21:48AA 716	1h 17m Miami	MIA 23:05 → MSY 00:09 +1AA 2552	6h 45m	56%	33%
Southwest Details →	LGA 18:30 → STL 20:30WN 4895	1h 20m St Louis	STL 21:50 → MSY 23:35WN 3964	6h 08m	68%	29%

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

DTW · 56m · leaves 06:05 5%

IAD · 1h 14m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAH · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 1h 17m · leaves 18:24 44%

ORD · 59m · leaves 17:25 53%

BNA · 50m · leaves 17:30 64%

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 462 LGA 06:30 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	2h 11m	7h 25m	95%	89%
American AA 4377 LGA 06:00 → BOS Delta DL 1398 BOS 11:20 → MSY Connection details →	4h 00m	8h 53m	98%	79%
American AA 4628 LGA 06:09 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	2h 22m	6h 33m	98%	79%

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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