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 10 am and 14% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	MSY	DEN	3h 01m	88%	0.1%	1,015	Flying now
Frontier	MSY	DEN	3h 08m	76%	2.5%	203	Flying now
Southwest	MSY	DEN	2h 55m	75%	0.3%	1,059	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	1h 56m Houston	IAH 08:30 → DEN 10:05UA 2816	5h 50m	98%	95%
United Details →	MSY 06:30 → ORD 09:12UA 2420	1h 42m Chicago	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	7h 15m	97%	89%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:00 → MCO 07:50WN 4663	1h 55m Orlando	MCO 09:45 → DEN 11:35WN 2630	7h 35m	98%	89%
United Details →	MSY 17:35 → IAH 19:02UA 2341	3h 08m Houston	IAH 22:10 → DEN 23:57UA 1066	7h 22m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	3h 56m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957	8h 44m	100%	87%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 15m Dulles	IAD 12:48 → DEN 14:42UA 1587	7h 42m	95%	87%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706	8h 39m	99%	85%
United Details →	MSY 06:00 → EWR 10:04UA 1437	1h 51m Newark	EWR 11:55 → DEN 14:13UA 1999	9h 13m	99%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	MSY 20:35 → HOU 21:50WN 4662	50m Houston	HOU 22:40 → DEN 00:20 +1WN 1975	4h 40m	62%	41%
American Details →	MSY 13:50 → CLT 16:58AA 2170	1h 34m Charlotte	CLT 18:32 → DEN 20:17AA 1736	7h 27m	72%	35%
American Details →	MSY 19:58 → DFW 21:45AA 2158	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:45 → DEN 23:55AA 662	4h 57m	41%	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

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 07:43 4%

ATL · 1h 07m · leaves 09:13 5%

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 08:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

HOU · 50m · leaves 20:35 38%

ATL · 1h 09m · leaves 17:07 39%

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 19:58 59%

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 2976 MSY 06:05 → AUS United UA 779 AUS 11:27 → DEN Connection details →	3h 57m	7h 40m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 3011 MSY 07:05 → MCO United UA 1520 MCO 12:50 → DEN Connection details →	2h 55m	8h 46m	98%	91%
Delta DL 1547 MSY 05:20 → ATL United UA 1327 ATL 11:10 → DEN Connection details →	3h 17m	8h 08m	99%	89%

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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