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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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and 14% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest MSY MCI 2h 00m 80% 0.3% 364 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kansas City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → MSY 05:10 → DEN 06:55WN 2991 3h 05m Denver DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114 7h 35m 98% 96%
AmericanDetails → MSY 09:58 → MIA 12:58AA 2168 1h 50m Miami MIA 14:48 → MCI 17:23AA 3939 · flown by Envoy 7h 25m 97% 89%
UnitedDetails → MSY 08:04 → DEN 10:05UA 1376 3h 35m Denver DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586 8h 18m 100% 88%
SouthwestDetails → MSY 05:20 → DAL 06:45WN 2964 1h 50m Dallas DAL 08:35 → MCI 10:10WN 1343 4h 50m 94% 87%
DeltaDetails → MSY 07:28 → ATL 09:59DL 2522 3h 25m Atlanta ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443 7h 04m 99% 87%
DeltaDetails → MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547 2h 12m Atlanta ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908 5h 56m 98% 85%
UnitedDetails → MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105 3h 23m Houston IAH 14:35 → MCI 16:47UA 3987 · flown by Mesa 6h 54m 99% 85%
UnitedDetails → MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124 3h 46m Houston IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa 7h 15m 99% 84%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → MSY 19:14 → ATL 21:56DL 3132 52m Atlanta ATL 22:48 → MCI 23:59DL 2911 4h 45m 74% 59%
AmericanDetails → MSY 19:58 → DFW 21:45AA 2158 59m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:44 → MCI 00:23 +1AA 1036 4h 25m 41% 20%
SouthwestDetails → MSY 17:40 → DEN 19:45WN 1743 1h 03m Denver DEN 20:48 → MCI 23:30WN 4758 5h 50m 35% 11%

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
MCO · 1h 15m · leaves 05:00 4%
ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:20 6%
ORD · 46m · leaves 07:43 10%
Afternoon and evening
DFW · 59m · leaves 19:58 59%
DEN · 1h 03m · leaves 17:40 65%
BNA · 55m · leaves 15:00 72%

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