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 1 time in 10 at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	MSY	3h 12m	79%	2.4%	970	Flying now
Frontier	PHL	MSY	3h 08m	74%	1.8%	163	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 (New Orleans is 1 h behind Philadelphia). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	PHL 05:00 → DEN 07:00WN 2664	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	7h 42m	96%	92%
United Details →	PHL 06:00 → ORD 07:30UA 660	2h 55m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → MSY 12:55UA 1850	7h 55m	100%	89%
United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	1h 21m Dulles	IAD 08:40 → MSY 10:24UA 2253	5h 14m	97%	87%
United Details →	PHL 06:15 → IAH 08:44UA 584	3h 11m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	7h 59m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	PHL 06:12 → STL 07:32WN 3227	53m St Louis	STL 08:25 → MSY 10:10WN 4780	4h 58m	90%	84%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	1h 36m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	5h 18m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 17m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	PHL 09:46 → DTW 11:31DL 2968	2h 52m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	7h 11m	99%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 16:25 → MIA 19:27AA 3306	48m Miami	MIA 20:15 → MSY 21:21AA 2196	5h 56m	65%	42%
Southwest Details →	PHL 18:55 → MDW 20:20WN 3226	1h 20m Chicago	MDW 21:40 → MSY 23:40WN 2836	6h 00m	68%	40%
American Details →	PHL 16:22 → DFW 19:09AA 2356	51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:00 → MSY 21:31AA 1455	6h 09m	61%	33%

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 01m · leaves 06:15 4%

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 06:10 9%

STL · 53m · leaves 06:12 10%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 48m · leaves 16:25 35%

DFW · 51m · leaves 16:22 39%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 18:30 68%

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 1652 PHL 05:15 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	3h 47m	8h 40m	97%	88%
American AA 3225 PHL 07:18 → BOS Delta DL 1398 BOS 11:20 → MSY Connection details →	2h 38m	7h 35m	95%	78%
American AA 4338 PHL 09:32 → ATL Delta DL 3157 ATL 13:45 → MSY Connection details →	1h 52m	5h 48m	96%	78%

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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