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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 12 pm and 17% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	MSY	ORD	2h 44m	82%	1.8%	1,097	Flying now
American	MSY	ORD	2h 41m	77%	2.5%	1,088	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	ORD	2h 31m	73%	6.8%	205	Not flying now
Frontier	MSY	ORD	–	64%few flights	0.0%	11	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	1h 31m Houston	IAH 08:05 → ORD 11:01UA 1617	5h 46m	97%	88%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	5h 26m	95%	85%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 42m Dulles	IAD 13:15 → ORD 14:29UA 2331	6h 29m	96%	77%
United Details →	MSY 06:00 → EWR 10:04UA 1437	1h 21m Newark	EWR 11:25 → ORD 13:08UA 1875	7h 08m	98%	75%
United Details →	MSY 07:00 → IAH 08:19UA 2124	1h 16m Houston	IAH 09:35 → ORD 12:29UA 2124	5h 29m	87%	74%
Delta Details →	MSY 07:28 → ATL 09:59DL 2522	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → ORD 14:16DL 1477	6h 48m	99%	74%
United Details →	MSY 08:04 → DEN 10:05UA 1376	1h 10m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	6h 51m	89%	73%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	1h 09m Atlanta	ATL 09:02 → ORD 10:13DL 1147	4h 53m	94%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSY 14:44 → BOS 19:16DL 1328	1h 29m Boston	BOS 20:45 → ORD 22:39DL 2804	7h 58m	73%	32%
American Details →	MSY 16:41 → PHL 20:39AA 2061	53m Philadelphia	PHL 21:32 → ORD 23:30AA 3042	6h 49m	53%	28%
American Details →	MSY 14:43 → DFW 16:30AA 3721 · flown by Envoy	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893	5h 47m	70%	26%

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 19m · leaves 09:13 4%

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 06:53 5%

IAH · 50m · leaves 05:15 8%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 1h 10m · leaves 17:24 49%

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 18:26 49%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 18:01 55%

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 4663 MSY 05:00 → MCO United UA 2466 MCO 10:52 → ORD Connection details →	3h 02m	8h 02m	98%	88%
Southwest WN 3011 MSY 07:05 → MCO American AA 2067 MCO 11:38 → ORD Connection details →	1h 43m	6h 40m	93%	85%
Southwest WN 2192 MSY 06:20 → LAS American AA 2020 LAS 09:40 → ORD Connection details →	1h 45m	9h 22m	92%	83%

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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