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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 6% of the time at 7 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	AUS	CVG	2h 36m	87%	0.8%	365	Flying now
Allegiant	AUS	CVG	2h 27m	68%	0.0%	93	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	CVG	2h 30m	46%	0.0%	57	Flying now
Frontier	AUS	CVG	2h 35m	82%few flights	0.0%	33	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Hebron on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Hebron is 1 h ahead of Austin). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	2h 42m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CVG 14:27UA 1978	7h 48m	99%	91%
United Details →	AUS 07:05 → EWR 11:50UA 1449	1h 31m Newark	EWR 13:21 → CVG 15:33UA 3473 · flown by Republic	7h 28m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 09:59 → CVG 11:25DL 3160	5h 01m	97%	82%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	57m Houston	IAH 07:30 → CVG 10:59UA 6312 · flown by Mesa	4h 29m	94%	81%
American Details →	AUS 06:01 → ORD 09:00AA 1064	1h 30m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → CVG 13:01AA 4412 · flown by Republic	6h 00m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	AUS 06:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1258	1h 25m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → CVG 12:34DL 3149	5h 12m	97%	80%
United Details →	AUS 06:40 → ORD 09:39UA 1878	3h 20m Chicago	ORD 12:59 → CVG 15:30UA 4388 · flown by GoJet	7h 50m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:00 → DTW 11:56DL 559	2h 04m Detroit	DTW 14:00 → CVG 15:16DL 5446 · flown by Endeavor	6h 16m	96%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	AUS 17:15 → BWI 21:30WN 3385	1h 15m Baltimore	BWI 22:45 → CVG 00:30 +1WN 4435	6h 10m	60%	40%
American Details →	AUS 15:27 → ORD 18:35AA 1574	54m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CVG 22:00AA 3690 · flown by Envoy	5h 33m	46%	32%
American Details →	AUS 17:52 → DFW 19:15AA 6410 · flown by SkyWest	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:08 → CVG 23:24AA 799	4h 31m	53%	25%

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

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 05:25 3%

IAH · 57m · leaves 05:30 6%

DFW · 53m · leaves 05:01 9%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 53m · leaves 17:52 47%

ORD · 54m · leaves 15:27 54%

MDW · 55m · leaves 15:30 89%

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.


Southwest WN 282 AUS 05:45 → DEN United UA 1978 DEN 09:40 → CVG Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 42m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 251 AUS 05:30 → ATL Delta DL 3149 ATL 11:10 → CVG Connection details →	2h 25m	6h 07m	100%	84%
Southwest WN 4146 AUS 05:20 → MCO Frontier F9 1565 MCO 11:07 → CVG Connection details →	2h 07m	7h 05m	100%	82%

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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