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 80-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 11 am and 17% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	ORD	MSY	2h 35m	78%	1.3%	1,097	Flying now
American	ORD	MSY	2h 33m	74%	2.6%	1,089	Flying now
Spirit	ORD	MSY	2h 20m	70%	6.3%	206	Not flying now
Frontier	ORD	MSY	2h 33m	82%few flights	0.0%	11	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666	3h 08m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MSY 13:39UA 2273	8h 39m	100%	89%
United Details →	ORD 06:29 → IAH 09:18UA 1799	2h 37m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	6h 45m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	ORD 08:52 → DTW 11:23DL 4456 · flown by SkyWest	3h 00m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	7h 05m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 12m	98%	83%
United Details →	ORD 16:05 → IAH 19:10UA 714	3h 05m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	7h 21m	94%	81%
United Details →	ORD 06:00 → EWR 09:12UA 2295	3h 21m Newark	EWR 12:33 → MSY 14:44UA 2468	8h 44m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	ORD 08:36 → MSP 10:15DL 1554	2h 30m Minneapolis	MSP 12:45 → MSY 15:25DL 2695	6h 49m	95%	79%
American Details →	ORD 05:00 → DFW 07:30AA 760	1h 33m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:03 → MSY 10:35AA 2166	5h 35m	96%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ORD 15:53 → IAD 19:02UA 2437	1h 00m Dulles	IAD 20:02 → MSY 21:49UA 2042	5h 56m	71%	48%
American Details →	ORD 11:59 → DFW 14:32AA 3264	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:39 → MSY 17:07AA 2194	5h 08m	71%	27%
American Details →	ORD 18:00 → MIA 22:17AA 2690	48m Miami	MIA 23:05 → MSY 00:09 +1AA 2552	6h 09m	35%	20%

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

IAH · 1h 19m · leaves 07:35 5%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 06:04 9%

DEN · 55m · leaves 07:05 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 57m · leaves 18:47 35%

LAX · 46m · leaves 14:42 45%

MIA · 48m · leaves 18:00 65%

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.


United UA 425 ORD 07:12 → ATL Delta DL 3157 ATL 13:45 → MSY Connection details →	3h 18m	7h 08m	100%	81%
American AA 4162 ORD 08:22 → MSP Delta DL 2695 MSP 12:45 → MSY Connection details →	2h 39m	7h 03m	98%	81%
American AA 3022 ORD 06:00 → BOS Delta DL 1398 BOS 11:20 → MSY Connection details →	1h 46m	7h 53m	97%	81%

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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