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 75-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and 31% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	MSY	2h 51m	87%	2.3%	440	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.


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	1h 05m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	5h 52m	100%	96%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	2h 41m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → MSY 12:55UA 1850	6h 55m	99%	91%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 57m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MSY 13:39UA 2273	7h 54m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	2h 40m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	6h 57m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 22m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:09 → ATL 19:46DL 1028	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → MSY 23:43DL 2224	7h 35m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	3h 19m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	7h 20m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → AUS 09:50DL 3950 · flown by SkyWest	3h 39m Austin	AUS 13:29 → MSY 15:13DL 4016 · flown by SkyWest	8h 13m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 18:35 → ATL 22:15DL 1026	55m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → MSY 23:43DL 2224	5h 09m	74%	60%
United Details →	MSP 17:13 → ORD 19:00UA 658	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 20:11 → MSY 22:46UA 1761	5h 33m	69%	41%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:08 → MDW 20:38WN 4115	1h 02m Chicago	MDW 21:40 → MSY 23:40WN 2836	4h 47m	70%	41%

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

LAX · 1h 19m · leaves 07:06 5%

DFW · 1h 14m · leaves 06:02 9%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 55m · leaves 18:35 26%

MDW · 1h 02m · leaves 19:08 30%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 17:13 31%

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 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN United UA 2273 DEN 09:50 → MSY Connection details →	2h 55m	7h 49m	100%	89%
Delta DL 1544 MSP 07:00 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	1h 50m	5h 55m	85%	80%
Delta DL 1730 MSP 06:00 → MCO Frontier F9 1431 MCO 13:53 → MSY Connection details →	3h 41m	8h 49m	100%	80%

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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