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: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 7 in 10 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


JetBlue	ALB	FLL	3h 16m	74%	1.9%	517	Flying now
Allegiant	ALB	FLL	3h 18m	45%	0.0%	51	Flying now
Southwest	ALB	FLL	3h 30m	62%few flights	0.0%	21	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	ALB 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 4623	2h 30m Baltimore	BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785	6h 20m	98%	83%
American Details →	ALB 06:21 → PHL 07:40AA 5854 · flown by Piedmont	3h 05m Philadelphia	PHL 10:45 → FLL 13:38AA 695	7h 17m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest	1h 06m Detroit	DTW 12:30 → FLL 15:35DL 1294	5h 59m	100%	80%
American Details →	ALB 05:39 → CLT 07:47AA 440	3h 13m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	7h 23m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:00 → ATL 08:32DL 2429	1h 53m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:26DL 1512	6h 26m	98%	76%
United Details →	ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225	3h 12m Chicago	ORD 10:59 → FLL 15:13UA 279	9h 03m	99%	72%
American Details →	ALB 14:55 → PHL 16:18AA 6028 · flown by Piedmont	3h 42m Philadelphia	PHL 20:00 → FLL 23:02AA 2780	8h 07m	97%	71%
Delta Details →	ALB 12:36 → ATL 15:10DL 1137	1h 34m Atlanta	ATL 16:44 → FLL 18:42DL 1295	6h 07m	94%	64%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ALB 14:50 → IAD 16:29UA 4942 · flown by CommuteAir	1h 13m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379	5h 42m	74%	58%
Delta Details →	ALB 18:29 → ATL 21:15DL 1053	1h 35m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → FLL 00:46 +1DL 1229	6h 17m	69%	45%
Southwest Details →	ALB 17:55 → BWI 19:15WN 1159	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 20:15 → FLL 22:55WN 3072	5h 00m	61%	27%

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

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 1h 13m · leaves 14:50 26%

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 17:55 39%

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.


American AA 3460 ALB 06:46 → ORD United UA 279 ORD 10:59 → FLL Connection details →	2h 30m	8h 27m	96%	70%
American AA 4256 ALB 13:27 → ORD United UA 2294 ORD 17:59 → FLL Connection details →	2h 52m	8h 48m	95%	61%
Southwest WN 2458 ALB 09:20 → BWI Frontier F9 4411 BWI 13:10 → FLL Connection details →	2h 30m	6h 32m	100%	56%

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