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 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MSY	FLL	1h 50m	74%	0.3%	368	Flying now
JetBlue	MSY	FLL	1h 57m	70%	2.5%	487	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	FLL	1h 54m	79%	3.6%	557	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	1h 01m Houston	IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22UA 2261	5h 07m	95%	88%
United Details →	MSY 12:07 → IAH 13:26UA 2253	3h 09m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 15m	99%	83%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	3h 08m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	7h 14m	98%	83%
United Details →	MSY 06:00 → EWR 10:04UA 1437	1h 33m Newark	EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677	7h 42m	98%	80%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	5h 09m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:26DL 1512	6h 06m	99%	78%
United Details →	MSY 12:17 → IAD 15:50UA 2497	1h 52m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379	7h 15m	98%	78%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:55 → HOU 07:10WN 4547	3h 00m Houston	HOU 10:10 → FLL 13:40WN 4355	6h 45m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	MSY 11:45 → MDW 14:00WN 4664	55m Chicago	MDW 14:55 → FLL 18:55WN 4899	6h 10m	62%	30%

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

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 06:53 5%

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 05:20 5%

IAH · 1h 01m · leaves 05:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 11m · leaves 14:35 19%

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 16:17 21%

ATL · 54m · leaves 19:14 24%

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.


United UA 1437 MSY 06:00 → EWR JetBlue B6 105 EWR 12:00 → FLL Connection details →	1h 56m	8h 00m	98%	68%
Delta DL 2522 MSY 07:28 → ATL JetBlue B6 2097 ATL 13:18 → FLL Connection details →	3h 19m	6h 42m	98%	67%
Frontier F9 1432 MSY 12:36 → MCO JetBlue B6 1947 MCO 18:24 → FLL Connection details →	2h 47m	5h 59m	94%	60%

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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