In the UI it would be nice to duplicate the selected connection, in the menu "With Selected". 

The copy would be set with the same name plus some suffix (_copy, _1, whatever) and it is useful for when you have a connection with all equal fields except something in a particular one. 
airflow/www/views.py
y_points = defaultdict(list)
        x_points = defaultdict(list)
        cumulative_y = defaultdict(list)
        task_instances = dag.get_task_instances(start_date=min_date, end_date=base_date)
        ti_fails = (
            session.query(TaskFail)
            .filter(
                TaskFail.dag_id == dag.dag_id,
                TaskFail.execution_date >= min_date,
                TaskFail.execution_date <= base_date,
                TaskFail.task_id.in_([t.task_id for t in dag.tasks]),
            )
            .all()
        )
        fails_totals = defaultdict(int)
        for failed_task_instance in ti_fails:
            dict_key = (
                failed_task_instance.dag_id,
                failed_task_instance.task_id,
                failed_task_instance.execution_date,
            )
            if failed_task_instance.duration:
                fails_totals[dict_key] += failed_task_instance.duration
        for task_instance in task_instances:
            if task_instance.duration:
                date_time = wwwutils.epoch(task_instance.execution_date)
                x_points[task_instance.task_id].append(date_time)
                y_points[task_instance.task_id].append(float(task_instance.duration))
                fails_dict_key = (task_instance.dag_id, task_instance.task_id, task_instance.execution_date)
                fails_total = fails_totals[fails_dict_key]