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 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSY	AUS	1h 45m	80%	0.4%	464	Flying now
Southwest	MSY	AUS	1h 35m	78%	0.4%	1,531	Flying now
Frontier	MSY	AUS	–	50%few flights	0.0%	4	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MSY 05:55 → HOU 07:10WN 4547	2h 15m Houston	HOU 09:25 → AUS 10:20WN 270	4h 25m	95%	87%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:20 → DAL 06:45WN 2964	2h 15m Dallas	DAL 09:00 → AUS 10:00WN 4172	4h 40m	94%	87%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	1h 01m Houston	IAH 07:35 → AUS 08:39UA 2016	3h 24m	95%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 12m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → AUS 12:25DL 2011	7h 06m	99%	86%
Southwest Details →	MSY 07:45 → BNA 09:20WN 2981	2h 10m Nashville	BNA 11:30 → AUS 13:40WN 450	5h 55m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	MSY 07:28 → ATL 09:59DL 2522	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 12:16 → AUS 13:39DL 2104	6h 11m	97%	82%
United Details →	MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124	3h 46m Houston	IAH 12:05 → AUS 13:12UA 1859	6h 12m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	MSY 17:07 → ATL 19:45DL 924	3h 14m Atlanta	ATL 22:59 → AUS 00:25 +1DL 1335	7h 18m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MSY 15:42 → FLL 18:39B6 2722	1h 31m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:10 → AUS 22:17B6 2271	6h 35m	73%	33%
Southwest Details →	MSY 17:40 → DEN 19:45WN 1743	1h 05m Denver	DEN 20:50 → AUS 00:10 +1WN 1481	6h 25m	39%	18%
American Details →	MSY 17:19 → ORD 20:16AA 2198	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 21:16 → AUS 23:59AA 935	6h 40m	43%	17%

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

IAH · 1h 01m · leaves 05:15 5%

ATL · 1h 06m · leaves 07:28 9%

DFW · 1h 12m · leaves 05:50 12%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 17:19 57%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 17:40 61%

MCO · 50m · leaves 18:40 62%

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 2981 MSY 07:45 → BNA Delta DL 3960 BNA 11:25 → AUS Connection details →	2h 05m	6h 06m	96%	77%
Delta DL 1547 MSY 05:20 → ATL Southwest WN 4777 ATL 09:50 → AUS Connection details →	1h 57m	5h 50m	95%	76%
Delta DL 1534 MSY 06:20 → ATL Frontier F9 4211 ATL 11:11 → AUS Connection details →	2h 17m	6h 24m	96%	61%

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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