Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Kansas City → Fort Lauderdale via Atlanta: arrives on time 34%

  1. 18:16 MCI → 21:43 ATL
    F9 3500 · Frontier · 2h 21m · 60% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 59m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:42 ATL → 00:44 FLL +1 day
    F9 2174 · Frontier · 2h 00m · 60% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 26m, scheduled departure to arrival (Fort Lauderdale is 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Times are local. Both flew on 31 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection60%The first flight arrived more than 14 minutes late on 40% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 59m layover.
Arrives on time34%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (60%).
Total trip5h 26mMCI 18:16 to FLL 00:44, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.