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 50-minute layover misses 1 time in 10 at 7 am and 37% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSY	LAX	4h 24m	84%	0.5%	950	Flying now
Southwest	MSY	LAX	4h 20m	67%	0.0%	357	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	LAX	4h 16m	82%	1.3%	150	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 37m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	9h 48m	99%	91%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:10 → DEN 06:55WN 2991	2h 40m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 55m	98%	90%
United Details →	MSY 08:04 → DEN 10:05UA 1376	3h 21m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	8h 53m	99%	89%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	3h 42m Houston	IAH 14:54 → LAX 16:27UA 1945	8h 34m	99%	88%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	3h 19m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	8h 15m	99%	87%
Alaska Details →	MSY 07:10 → SEA 10:17AS 451	2h 21m Seattle	SEA 12:38 → LAX 15:25AS 502	10h 15m	98%	87%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 56m Charlotte	CLT 11:56 → LAX 13:55AA 1213	9h 02m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	3h 41m Atlanta	ATL 12:35 → LAX 14:15DL 895	9h 55m	100%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSY 16:41 → PHL 20:39AA 2061	1h 26m Philadelphia	PHL 22:05 → LAX 00:50 +1AA 738	10h 09m	72%	43%
United Details →	MSY 19:04 → SFO 21:45UA 2194	52m San Francisco	SFO 22:37 → LAX 00:19 +1UA 2179	7h 15m	35%	25%
Southwest Details →	MSY 17:40 → DEN 19:45WN 1743	1h 20m Denver	DEN 21:05 → LAX 22:40WN 3110	6h 55m	49%	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

DEN · 55m · leaves 05:10 7%

IAH · 46m · leaves 05:15 10%

ATL · 52m · leaves 09:13 10%

Afternoon and evening

STL · 55m · leaves 19:10 57%

SFO · 52m · leaves 19:04 65%

DFW · 46m · leaves 19:58 72%

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 3017 MSY 14:40 → PHX United UA 4722 PHX 18:54 → LAX Connection details →	2h 59m	7h 51m	98%	94%
Southwest WN 2991 MSY 05:10 → DEN United UA 405 DEN 10:02 → LAX Connection details →	3h 07m	8h 24m	98%	90%
Southwest WN 2192 MSY 06:20 → LAS American AA 6425 LAS 10:04 → LAX Connection details →	2h 09m	7h 04m	96%	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