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 15% of the time at 8 am and 38% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSY	SLC	3h 48m	92%	0.2%	455	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	7h 50m	98%	89%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSY 08:03 → LAX 10:10DL 2085	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 12:55 → SLC 15:48UA 5371 · flown by SkyWest	8h 45m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 14:50 → LAX 16:58DL 1102	2h 17m Los Angeles	LAX 19:15 → SLC 22:05DL 2973	8h 15m	93%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MSY 06:20 → LAS 07:55WN 2192	2h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 10:00 → SLC 12:27DL 1698	7h 07m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	3h 00m Atlanta	ATL 11:54 → SLC 13:50DL 663	8h 30m	99%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MSY 14:40 → PHX 15:55WN 3017	3h 25m Phoenix	PHX 19:20 → SLC 21:59DL 1451	8h 19m	98%	85%
United Details →	MSY 08:04 → DEN 10:05UA 1376	3h 35m Denver	DEN 13:40 → SLC 15:13UA 1840	8h 09m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	MSY 07:28 → ATL 09:59DL 2522	3h 56m Atlanta	ATL 13:55 → SLC 15:51DL 423	9h 25m	99%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MSY 14:08 → BOS 18:37B6 400	55m Boston	BOS 19:32 → SLC 22:59B6 247	9h 51m	62%	33%
American Details →	MSY 18:01 → DFW 19:55AA 2194	1h 15m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:10 → SLC 22:59AA 2993	5h 58m	49%	20%
Southwest Details →	MSY 17:40 → DEN 19:45WN 1743	1h 10m Denver	DEN 20:55 → SLC 22:40WN 1737	5h 55m	44%	18%

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

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:20 6%

DFW · 57m · leaves 05:50 15%

DEN · 50m · leaves 05:10 19%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 55m · leaves 14:08 38%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 19:58 55%

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 17:40 56%

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