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 8% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	MSY	CLT	2h 03m	83%	1.3%	1,651	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	CLT	1h 51m	80%	0.0%	56	Not flying now
Frontier	MSY	CLT	–	80%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	MSY 07:43 → ORD 10:30AA 3722 · flown by Envoy	2h 47m Chicago	ORD 13:17 → CLT 16:29AA 3280	7h 46m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26DL 3190	5h 08m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	3h 26m Atlanta	ATL 12:20 → CLT 13:35DL 2157	6h 15m	100%	82%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	51m Houston	IAH 07:25 → CLT 11:02UA 3988 · flown by Mesa	4h 47m	92%	81%
United Details →	MSY 06:30 → ORD 09:12UA 2420	1h 14m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	6h 20m	94%	78%
Delta Details →	MSY 17:07 → ATL 19:45DL 924	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 22:41 → CLT 23:59DL 3177	5h 52m	96%	78%
American Details →	MSY 08:00 → MIA 11:04AA 1591	2h 26m Miami	MIA 13:30 → CLT 15:48AA 2297	6h 48m	97%	75%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	58m Houston	IAH 12:10 → CLT 16:02UA 6197 · flown by Mesa	5h 09m	90%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSY 11:50 → LGA 15:57DL 2461	1h 09m New York	LGA 17:06 → CLT 19:32DL 5047 · flown by Endeavor	6h 42m	75%	43%
Southwest Details →	MSY 18:15 → BNA 19:45WN 4344	1h 05m Nashville	BNA 20:50 → CLT 23:15WN 4518	4h 00m	57%	29%
American Details →	MSY 18:01 → DFW 19:55AA 2194	1h 19m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:14 → CLT 00:53 +1AA 2409	5h 52m	52%	15%

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 16m · leaves 06:20 5%

IAD · 1h 10m · leaves 08:00 5%

IAH · 51m · leaves 05:15 8%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 18:15 43%

ATL · 55m · leaves 17:07 44%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 18:01 48%

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 3011 MSY 07:05 → MCO American AA 2074 MCO 12:48 → CLT Connection details →	2h 53m	6h 40m	98%	87%
Southwest WN 3022 MSY 06:10 → TPA American AA 2828 TPA 11:56 → CLT Connection details →	3h 11m	6h 43m	97%	86%
Southwest WN 4663 MSY 05:00 → MCO Frontier F9 1446 MCO 09:38 → CLT Connection details →	1h 48m	5h 32m	93%	84%

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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