Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s ALB → DFW flights land within a few points of 84% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	ALB	DFW	3h 50m	84%	3.4%	203	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Albany). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest	1h 21m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	5h 58m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:00 → ATL 08:32DL 2429	1h 20m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 16m	95%	79%
American Details →	ALB 05:39 → CLT 07:47AA 440	3h 43m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	8h 37m	98%	77%
United Details →	ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225	2h 42m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → DFW 13:12UA 441	8h 02m	98%	74%
American Details →	ALB 06:46 → ORD 08:29AA 3460 · flown by Envoy	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 09:40 → DFW 12:13AA 3052	6h 27m	95%	74%
United Details →	ALB 08:00 → DEN 10:11UA 2750	3h 34m Denver	DEN 13:45 → DFW 16:51UA 578	9h 51m	97%	73%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:06 → DTW 07:50DL 2996	50m Detroit	DTW 08:40 → DFW 10:31DL 2746	5h 25m	93%	73%
Delta Details →	ALB 05:45 → LGA 06:50DL 5454 · flown by Endeavor	2h 40m New York	LGA 09:30 → DFW 12:17DL 856	7h 32m	97%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ALB 18:29 → ATL 21:15DL 1053	1h 39m Atlanta	ATL 22:54 → DFW 00:19 +1DL 818	6h 44m	71%	52%
American Details →	ALB 19:26 → CLT 21:39AA 3294	55m Charlotte	CLT 22:34 → DFW 00:26 +1AA 1271	6h 00m	66%	43%

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

CLT · 1h 09m · leaves 05:39 3%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 06:46 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 20m · leaves 14:55 13%

ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 12:36 17%

CLT · 55m · leaves 19:26 34%

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.


JetBlue B6 2920 ALB 06:00 → MCO American AA 2124 MCO 11:16 → DFW Connection details →	2h 16m	8h 07m	95%	79%
Delta DL 2429 ALB 06:00 → ATL American AA 891 ATL 11:21 → DFW Connection details →	2h 49m	7h 50m	98%	77%
Delta DL 2996 ALB 06:06 → DTW Frontier F9 3177 DTW 11:49 → DFW Connection details →	3h 59m	8h 40m	100%	75%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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