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 80-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 10 am and 18% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MSY	LAS	3h 45m	80%	0.0%	747	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	LAS	3h 52m	87%	1.3%	79	Not flying now
Frontier	MSY	LAS	4h 09m	52%few flights	0.0%	21	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Las Vegas on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Las Vegas is 2 h behind New Orleans). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MSY 06:05 → AUS 07:30WN 2976	1h 52m Austin	AUS 09:22 → LAS 10:08WN 322	6h 02m	98%	90%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 27m Dulles	IAD 13:00 → LAS 15:09UA 2156	9h 09m	95%	86%
United Details →	MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124	3h 36m Houston	IAH 11:55 → LAS 13:13UA 1524	8h 13m	98%	86%
Southwest Details →	MSY 18:30 → SAN 20:15WN 3018	2h 25m San Diego	SAN 22:40 → LAS 00:12 +1WN 3510	7h 42m	93%	86%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	46m Houston	IAH 07:20 → LAS 08:35UA 1264	5h 20m	90%	85%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:00 → MCO 07:50WN 4663	2h 10m Orlando	MCO 10:00 → LAS 11:45WN 4696	8h 45m	98%	85%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	3h 08m Houston	IAH 14:20 → LAS 15:37UA 1971	7h 44m	98%	83%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:55 → HOU 07:10WN 4547	3h 35m Houston	HOU 10:45 → LAS 11:55WN 652	8h 00m	98%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSY 16:41 → PHL 20:39AA 2061	1h 34m Philadelphia	PHL 22:13 → LAS 00:32 +1AA 3250	9h 51m	74%	47%
United Details →	MSY 19:04 → SFO 21:45UA 2194	1h 14m San Francisco	SFO 22:59 → LAS 00:46 +1UA 2839	7h 42m	58%	34%
American Details →	MSY 18:01 → DFW 19:55AA 2194	59m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:54 → LAS 21:47AA 1797	5h 44m	38%	19%

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 01m · leaves 06:20 8%

EWR · 50m · leaves 06:00 8%

IAH · 46m · leaves 05:15 10%

Afternoon and evening

STL · 50m · leaves 19:10 69%

DEN · 50m · leaves 17:40 82%

LAX · 50m · leaves 15:30 83%

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.


Delta DL 2085 MSY 08:03 → LAX United UA 2741 LAX 13:12 → LAS Connection details →	3h 02m	8h 31m	99%	81%
Southwest WN 2991 MSY 05:10 → DEN Frontier F9 1993 DEN 10:25 → LAS Connection details →	3h 30m	8h 19m	98%	79%
Southwest WN 2992 MSY 10:50 → DEN United UA 716 DEN 16:00 → LAS Connection details →	3h 30m	8h 13m	94%	74%

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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