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)


Southwest	SAT	MSY	1h 25m	85%	0.3%	346	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.


Southwest Details →	SAT 05:25 → DEN 06:38WN 1471	1h 22m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	6h 17m	96%	92%
United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	53m Houston	IAH 07:30 → MSY 08:46UA 491	3h 16m	95%	86%
Southwest Details →	SAT 06:10 → HOU 07:15WN 4392	3h 30m Houston	HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051	5h 50m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	SAT 05:25 → HOU 06:32WN 1315	1h 18m Houston	HOU 07:50 → MSY 09:00WN 1796	3h 35m	96%	85%
United Details →	SAT 19:20 → IAH 20:33UA 5658 · flown by SkyWest	1h 42m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	4h 06m	98%	84%
United Details →	SAT 07:43 → IAH 08:50UA 410	3h 05m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	5h 31m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:25 → ATL 08:53DL 1073	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	6h 17m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	SAT 07:40 → ATL 11:04DL 998	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 13:45 → MSY 14:17DL 3157	6h 40m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:00 → MSY 21:31AA 1455	3h 56m	60%	32%
Southwest Details →	SAT 15:45 → BWI 20:10WN 3561	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 21:20 → MSY 23:00WN 4567	7h 15m	60%	28%
American Details →	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.


Southwest WN 4608 SAT 05:00 → MCO Frontier F9 3553 MCO 10:57 → MSY Connection details →	2h 12m	6h 51m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 3556 SAT 15:40 → ATL Delta DL 2072 ATL 22:07 → MSY Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 58m	94%	68%
Southwest WN 4678 SAT 13:48 → DEN Frontier F9 2360 DEN 17:15 → MSY Connection details →	2h 13m	7h 15m	84%	67%

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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