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 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	MSY	3h 16m	88%	0.4%	455	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 (New Orleans is 1 h ahead of Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 23:00 → MIA 05:42DL 2040	2h 18m Miami	MIA 08:00 → MSY 09:18 +1AA 2168	9h 18m	97%	94%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 23:36 → TPA 05:45DL 2077	2h 10m Tampa	TPA 07:55 → MSY 08:35 +1WN 934	7h 59m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30 +1DL 1424	8h 58m	100%	89%
Southwest Details →	SLC 05:42 → DEN 07:08WN 3737	52m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	5h 00m	95%	89%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	2h 56m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MSY 13:39UA 2273	7h 24m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	SLC 06:25 → LAS 06:50WN 4205	1h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 08:15 → MSY 13:50WN 2280	6h 25m	100%	88%
American Details →	SLC 23:25 → CLT 05:22AA 2611	2h 15m Charlotte	CLT 07:37 → MSY 08:38 +1AA 2180	8h 13m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	SLC 06:00 → DTW 11:23DL 2289	3h 00m Detroit	DTW 14:23 → MSY 15:57DL 1652	8h 57m	99%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SLC 11:00 → ATL 16:45DL 885	50m Atlanta	ATL 17:35 → MSY 18:10DL 3132	6h 10m	75%	54%
United Details →	SLC 09:49 → SFO 11:13UA 5970 · flown by SkyWest	55m San Francisco	SFO 12:08 → MSY 18:33UA 246	7h 44m	31%	26%
Southwest Details →	SLC 16:45 → DEN 18:15WN 3740	50m Denver	DEN 19:05 → MSY 22:48WN 3301	5h 00m	18%	6%

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

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 07:00 3%

MSP · 1h 13m · leaves 08:00 4%

AUS · 1h 05m · leaves 06:05 5%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 01m · leaves 20:46 33%

DAL · 1h 05m · leaves 17:20 48%

DEN · 50m · leaves 16:45 82%

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