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 70-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	MSY	TPA	1h 30m	80%	0.6%	855	Flying now
Spirit	MSY	TPA	1h 36m	71%	2.9%	205	Not flying now
Frontier	MSY	TPA	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Tampa 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	51m Houston	IAH 07:25 → TPA 10:45UA 1353	4h 30m	92%	87%
Southwest Details →	MSY 05:40 → MDW 08:00WN 498	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	6h 10m	96%	85%
Southwest Details →	MSY 06:05 → AUS 07:30WN 2976	1h 10m Austin	AUS 08:40 → TPA 12:05WN 411	5h 00m	94%	84%
Delta Details →	MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:53DL 1547	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 25m	99%	81%
United Details →	MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392	1h 16m Dulles	IAD 12:49 → TPA 15:15UA 2277	6h 15m	95%	81%
United Details →	MSY 09:53 → IAH 11:12UA 2105	3h 22m Houston	IAH 14:34 → TPA 17:55UA 2812	7h 02m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:54DL 1534	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 12:46 → TPA 14:13DL 1525	6h 52m	100%	77%
United Details →	MSY 06:30 → ORD 09:12UA 2420	2h 07m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	7h 42m	97%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	MSY 15:42 → FLL 18:39B6 2722	1h 33m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:12 → TPA 21:20B6 1905	4h 40m	75%	45%
Delta Details →	MSY 17:07 → ATL 19:45DL 924	1h 14m Atlanta	ATL 20:59 → TPA 22:30DL 1591	4h 23m	62%	38%
American Details →	MSY 10:57 → DCA 14:46AA 5313 · flown by PSA	1h 00m Washington	DCA 15:46 → TPA 18:15AA 2773	6h 18m	69%	35%

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

CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 06:53 4%

IAD · 1h 16m · leaves 08:00 5%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 09:13 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 13:50 45%

DFW · 49m · leaves 14:43 47%

HOU · 1h 00m · leaves 18:40 58%

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 2977 MSY 10:30 → AUS Delta DL 3734 AUS 14:55 → TPA Connection details →	2h 55m	7h 31m	98%	83%
Southwest WN 2985 MSY 05:50 → BWI Frontier F9 1537 BWI 11:27 → TPA Connection details →	2h 07m	7h 06m	98%	74%
Delta DL 1547 MSY 05:20 → ATL Frontier F9 3782 ATL 10:03 → TPA Connection details →	2h 10m	5h 20m	95%	66%

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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