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

Dallas → Fort Lauderdale via Houston: arrives on time 25%

  1. 18:35 DAL → 19:50 HOU
    WN 49 · Southwest · 1h 15m · 58% on time, 3.7% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Houston (HOU) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:40 HOU → 00:10 FLL +1 day
    WN 4825 · Southwest · 2h 25m · 54% on time, 1.7% cancelled

Total trip 4h 30m, scheduled departure to arrival (Fort Lauderdale is 1 h ahead of Dallas). Times are local. Both flew on 8 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection48%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 52% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (3.7% are) × connection made (48%) × second flight not cancelled (1.7% are) and within 15 minutes (54%).
Total trip4h 30mDAL 18:35 to FLL 00:10, 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.