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 4% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MSY	MCO	1h 45m	78%	0.5%	1,585	Flying now
Frontier	MSY	MCO	2h 01m	74%	2.5%	202	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	MCO	1h 49m	81%	3.1%	456	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Orlando on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Orlando 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	2h 56m Houston	IAH 09:30 → MCO 13:00UA 2310	6h 45m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → MCO 12:00DL 664	5h 40m	99%	82%
United Details →	MSY 06:00 → EWR 10:04UA 1437	1h 06m Newark	EWR 11:10 → MCO 14:03UA 2396	7h 03m	96%	81%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	1h 13m Houston	IAH 12:25 → MCO 16:04UA 2662	5h 11m	94%	81%
United Details →	MSY 12:07 → IAH 13:26UA 2253	3h 43m Houston	IAH 17:09 → MCO 20:48UA 1571	7h 41m	99%	81%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 02m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → MCO 14:58UA 2206	5h 58m	93%	79%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 13m Charlotte	CLT 11:13 → MCO 13:01AA 2127	5h 08m	96%	79%
Southwest Details →	MSY 07:30 → HOU 08:45WN 2995	2h 37m Houston	HOU 11:22 → MCO 14:52WN 2034	6h 22m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSY 14:44 → BOS 19:16DL 1328	59m Boston	BOS 20:15 → MCO 23:30DL 1513	7h 47m	57%	38%
American Details →	MSY 13:50 → CLT 16:58AA 2170	1h 07m Charlotte	CLT 18:05 → MCO 20:01AA 612	5h 11m	59%	32%
American Details →	MSY 14:43 → DFW 16:30AA 3721 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:18 → MCO 21:10AA 2974	5h 27m	51%	25%

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

BWI · 1h 08m · leaves 05:50 2%

EWR · 1h 06m · leaves 06:00 4%

CLT · 1h 13m · leaves 06:53 4%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 48m · leaves 17:35 52%

MIA · 50m · leaves 18:57 62%

CLT · 56m · leaves 18:26 62%

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.


American AA 1266 MSY 06:53 → CLT Frontier F9 1445 CLT 12:24 → MCO Connection details →	2h 24m	6h 25m	97%	79%
Southwest WN 2976 MSY 06:05 → AUS Frontier F9 4524 AUS 10:42 → MCO Connection details →	3h 12m	7h 28m	98%	78%
Delta DL 1534 MSY 06:20 → ATL Frontier F9 4556 ATL 12:34 → MCO Connection details →	3h 40m	6h 55m	99%	76%

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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