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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 10 am and 15% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	TPA	MSY	1h 45m	83%	0.6%	854	Flying now
Spirit	TPA	MSY	1h 45m	72%	1.9%	206	Not flying now
Frontier	TPA	MSY	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	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 (New Orleans is 1 h behind Tampa). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	TPA 05:52 → STL 07:15WN 4048	1h 10m St Louis	STL 08:25 → MSY 10:10WN 4780	5h 18m	98%	92%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:15 → DEN 06:55WN 4018	1h 05m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MSY 11:45WN 1642	7h 27m	95%	91%
American Details →	TPA 06:00 → MIA 07:10AA 3215	50m Miami	MIA 08:00 → MSY 09:18AA 2168	4h 18m	93%	90%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:40 → HOU 06:55WN 4023	3h 50m Houston	HOU 10:45 → MSY 12:00WN 2051	7h 20m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 08:58 → MSY 09:30DL 1424	5h 18m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	2h 09m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → MSY 11:42DL 2542	5h 22m	99%	85%
United Details →	TPA 07:15 → IAH 08:42UA 2491	3h 13m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MSY 13:14UA 2385	6h 59m	98%	84%
United Details →	TPA 17:25 → IAH 18:52UA 1834	3h 23m Houston	IAH 22:15 → MSY 23:26UA 2474	7h 01m	94%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	TPA 17:33 → MIA 18:45AA 2987	1h 30m Miami	MIA 20:15 → MSY 21:21AA 2196	4h 48m	56%	35%
Southwest Details →	TPA 20:45 → BNA 21:40WN 4006	1h 10m Nashville	BNA 22:50 → MSY 00:25 +1WN 597	4h 40m	59%	31%
American Details →	TPA 19:50 → DFW 21:37AA 3272	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MSY 23:58AA 1472	5h 08m	20%	8%

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

STL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:52 2%

BOS · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 3%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 05:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 10m · leaves 20:45 41%

DFW · 53m · leaves 19:50 80%

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 354 TPA 06:44 → ORD United UA 1850 ORD 10:25 → MSY Connection details →	1h 36m	7h 11m	87%	82%
Southwest WN 4987 TPA 09:20 → ATL Delta DL 3157 ATL 13:45 → MSY Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 00m	100%	81%
Frontier F9 1853 TPA 07:00 → ATL Delta DL 2542 ATL 11:05 → MSY Connection details →	2h 04m	5h 42m	85%	72%

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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