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 barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	MSY	PHL	2h 50m	82%	2.9%	969	Flying now
Frontier	MSY	PHL	2h 58m	73%	2.5%	162	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSY 05:40 → MDW 08:00WN 498	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	5h 15m	92%	89%
United Details →	MSY 05:15 → IAH 06:34UA 2744	57m Houston	IAH 07:31 → PHL 11:58UA 2642	5h 43m	94%	83%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 28m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	7h 06m	99%	83%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 22m Dulles	IAD 12:55 → PHL 14:10UA 3541 · flown by Republic	5h 10m	95%	82%
American Details →	MSY 06:53 → CLT 10:00AA 1266	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → PHL 12:43AA 2498	4h 50m	95%	74%
Delta Details →	MSY 17:07 → ATL 19:45DL 924	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 22:55 → PHL 00:59 +1DL 2642	6h 53m	98%	74%
American Details →	MSY 05:50 → DFW 07:40AA 468	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:40 → PHL 13:02AA 2128	6h 12m	87%	73%
American Details →	MSY 08:00 → MIA 11:04AA 1591	2h 41m Miami	MIA 13:45 → PHL 16:43AA 1684	7h 43m	99%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSY 09:58 → MIA 12:58AA 2168	47m Miami	MIA 13:45 → PHL 16:43AA 1684	5h 45m	69%	51%
American Details →	MSY 13:50 → CLT 16:58AA 2170	1h 14m Charlotte	CLT 18:12 → PHL 20:12AA 2879	5h 22m	67%	47%
American Details →	MSY 17:19 → ORD 20:16AA 2198	1h 26m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	6h 37m	64%	29%

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 17m · leaves 09:13 4%

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 07:43 4%

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 06:53 5%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 14:43 36%

FLL · 57m · leaves 15:42 51%

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.


Delta DL 1534 MSY 06:20 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 31m	7h 16m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 3020 MSY 07:45 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	1h 41m	5h 50m	95%	85%
Southwest WN 3022 MSY 06:10 → TPA American AA 2807 TPA 10:48 → PHL Connection details →	2h 03m	6h 17m	94%	84%

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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