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
"""View to show Airflow Configurations"""
    default_view = 'conf'
    class_permission_name = permissions.RESOURCE_CONFIG
    base_permissions = [
        permissions.ACTION_CAN_READ,
        permissions.ACTION_CAN_ACCESS_MENU,
    ]
    @expose('/configuration')
    @auth.has_access(
        [
            (permissions.ACTION_CAN_READ, permissions.RESOURCE_CONFIG),
        ]
    )
    def conf(self):
        """Shows configuration."""
        raw = request.args.get('raw') == "true"
        title = "Airflow Configuration"
        subtitle = AIRFLOW_CONFIG
        
        if conf.getboolean("webserver", "expose_config"):
            with open(AIRFLOW_CONFIG) as file:
                config = file.read()