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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 7 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest SAT MSY 1h 25m 85% 0.3% 346 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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.
SouthwestDetails → SAT 05:25 → DEN 06:38WN 1471 1h 22m Denver DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642 6h 17m 96% 92%
UnitedDetails → SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469 53m Houston IAH 07:30 → MSY 08:46UA 491 3h 16m 95% 86%
SouthwestDetails → SAT 06:10 → HOU 07:15WN 4392 3h 30m Houston HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051 5h 50m 100% 86%
SouthwestDetails → SAT 05:25 → HOU 06:32WN 1315 1h 18m Houston HOU 07:50 → MSY 09:00WN 1796 3h 35m 96% 85%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → SAT 05:00 → MCO 08:45WN 4608 2h 12m Orlando MCO 10:57 → MSY 11:51F9 3553 6h 51m 100% 85%
UnitedDetails → SAT 19:20 → IAH 20:33UA 5658 · flown by SkyWest 1h 42m Houston IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474 4h 06m 98% 84%
UnitedDetails → SAT 07:43 → IAH 08:50UA 410 3h 05m Houston IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385 5h 31m 96% 82%
DeltaDetails → SAT 05:25 → ATL 08:53DL 1073 2h 12m Atlanta ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542 6h 17m 97% 82%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311 1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 20:00 → MSY 21:31AA 1455 3h 56m 60% 32%
SouthwestDetails → SAT 15:45 → BWI 20:10WN 3561 1h 10m Baltimore BWI 21:20 → MSY 23:00WN 4567 7h 15m 60% 28%
AmericanDetails → SAT 20:23 → DFW 21:44AA 499 46m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:30 → MSY 23:58AA 1472 3h 35m 39% 15%

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 · 53m · leaves 05:30 5%
ATL · 59m · leaves 06:40 7%
MCO · 50m · leaves 05:00 10%
Afternoon and evening
BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 15:45 40%
BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 16:55 57%
DFW · 46m · leaves 20:23 61%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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