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 6% of the time at 9 am and 22% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSY	BOS	3h 20m	65%	2.2%	372	Flying now
JetBlue	MSY	BOS	3h 28m	62%	2.1%	471	Flying now
American	MSY	BOS	–	100%few flights	0.0%	2	Not flying now
Spirit	MSY	BOS	–	50%few flights	0.0%	8	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Boston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Boston is 1 h ahead of New Orleans). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MSY 05:40 → MDW 08:00WN 498	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 09:10 → BOS 12:28WN 1405	5h 48m	96%	88%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	56m Houston	IAH 07:30 → BOS 12:28UA 1977	6h 13m	93%	87%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 11:18 → BOS 13:33AA 1611	5h 40m	96%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSY 05:10 → DEN 06:55WN 2991	2h 45m Denver	DEN 09:40 → BOS 15:44UA 1232	9h 34m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 07m Atlanta	ATL 10:00 → BOS 12:44DL 855	6h 24m	98%	83%
United Details →	MSY 06:00 → EWR 10:04UA 1437	1h 55m Newark	EWR 11:59 → BOS 13:16UA 1669	6h 16m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	2h 16m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BOS 13:47DL 862	6h 27m	99%	80%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MSY 05:00 → MCO 07:50WN 4663	3h 30m Orlando	MCO 11:20 → BOS 14:24DL 1580	8h 24m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSY 13:50 → CLT 16:58AA 2170	1h 36m Charlotte	CLT 18:34 → BOS 20:59AA 2595	6h 09m	73%	43%
American Details →	MSY 14:43 → DFW 16:30AA 3721 · flown by Envoy	57m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:27 → BOS 22:17AA 2306	6h 34m	61%	32%
Southwest Details →	MSY 18:15 → BNA 19:45WN 4344	50m Nashville	BNA 20:35 → BOS 00:55 +1WN 459	4h 55m	30%	13%

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

BWI · 1h 20m · leaves 05:50 2%

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 06:53 4%

IAH · 1h 18m · leaves 09:53 5%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 17:55 44%

CLT · 53m · leaves 18:26 66%

BNA · 50m · leaves 18:15 70%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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