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 5% of the time at 6 am and 28% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	AUS	MAF	1h 15m	79%	0.9%	320	Flying now
Delta	AUS	MAF	1h 17m	82%	0.0%	280	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	AUS 05:35 → DAL 06:40WN 274	1h 00m Dallas	DAL 07:40 → MAF 09:00WN 801	3h 25m	98%	95%
Southwest Details →	AUS 06:05 → HOU 07:05WN 301	1h 55m Houston	HOU 09:00 → MAF 10:25WN 2022	4h 20m	98%	88%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	3h 02m Houston	IAH 09:35 → MAF 11:07UA 6186 · flown by Mesa	5h 37m	99%	85%
United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	3h 07m Denver	DEN 10:05 → MAF 12:59UA 5333 · flown by SkyWest	7h 20m	99%	84%
United Details →	AUS 12:15 → IAH 13:20UA 1747	3h 15m Houston	IAH 16:35 → MAF 18:15UA 6233 · flown by Mesa	6h 00m	98%	84%
United Details →	AUS 07:10 → IAH 08:13UA 2393	3h 42m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MAF 13:34UA 6338 · flown by Mesa	6h 24m	99%	83%
American Details →	AUS 05:01 → DFW 06:12AA 2563	3h 45m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:57 → MAF 11:15AA 3651 · flown by Envoy	6h 14m	98%	82%
United Details →	AUS 09:35 → IAH 10:45UA 2196	3h 50m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MAF 16:15UA 6322 · flown by Mesa	6h 40m	99%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	AUS 17:52 → DFW 19:15AA 6410 · flown by SkyWest	1h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:35 → MAF 21:53AA 3541 · flown by Envoy	4h 01m	72%	54%
United Details →	AUS 18:04 → IAH 19:10UA 1326	1h 03m Houston	IAH 20:13 → MAF 21:48UA 2236	3h 44m	72%	47%
American Details →	AUS 12:40 → DFW 13:54AA 1402	2h 53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:47 → MAF 18:10AA 6355 · flown by SkyWest	5h 30m	71%	45%

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

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 05:35 2%

DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 05:01 5%

IAH · 47m · leaves 05:30 9%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 17:52 28%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 18:04 28%

DEN · 50m · leaves 18:35 68%

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 5333 DEN 10:05 → MAF Connection details →	3h 05m	7h 14m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 1680 AUS 10:45 → DEN United UA 5270 DEN 13:40 → MAF Connection details →	1h 45m	5h 49m	70%	58%
Delta DL 3669 AUS 16:49 → DEN Southwest WN 3473 DEN 20:55 → MAF Connection details →	2h 41m	6h 51m	91%	46%

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