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 9 am and 35% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	FLL	PHX	5h 19m	65%	0.5%	212	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	PHX	5h 01m	93%	0.0%	43	Not flying now
JetBlue	FLL	PHX	5h 10m	76%	0.7%	297	Not flying now
Southwest	FLL	PHX	–	71%few flights	5.6%	18	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Phoenix on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Phoenix is 3 h behind Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	FLL 06:55 → EWR 09:59UA 2603	1h 25m Newark	EWR 11:24 → PHX 13:39UA 370	9h 44m	99%	86%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:15 → MCI 07:15WN 1540	3h 25m Kansas City	MCI 10:40 → PHX 11:25WN 4651	9h 10m	100%	86%
United Details →	FLL 09:00 → IAH 10:45UA 722	3h 35m Houston	IAH 14:20 → PHX 15:10UA 1238	9h 10m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:53 → LAX 10:05DL 800	3h 43m Los Angeles	LAX 13:48 → PHX 15:21DL 3894 · flown by SkyWest	10h 30m	99%	85%
United Details →	FLL 07:02 → ORD 09:30UA 752	4h 00m Chicago	ORD 13:30 → PHX 15:19UA 455	11h 17m	100%	83%
United Details →	FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311	1h 07m Denver	DEN 11:25 → PHX 12:25UA 1686	7h 25m	95%	83%
American Details →	FLL 06:01 → PHL 08:50AA 2130	55m Philadelphia	PHL 09:45 → PHX 11:49AA 2820	8h 48m	100%	82%
American Details →	FLL 07:44 → CLT 09:53AA 2087	1h 44m Charlotte	CLT 11:37 → PHX 12:56AA 588	8h 12m	95%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	1h 30m Chicago	ORD 20:30 → PHX 22:27UA 602	9h 07m	74%	51%
American Details →	FLL 17:28 → ORD 19:59AA 2440	55m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → PHX 22:36AA 332	8h 08m	29%	15%
Southwest Details →	FLL 20:10 → HOU 21:45WN 4583	50m Houston	HOU 22:35 → PHX 23:15WN 2066	6h 05m	18%	8%

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

IAH · 55m · leaves 07:00 5%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 08:00 5%

ATL · 50m · leaves 05:25 7%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 56m · leaves 17:40 59%

ORD · 55m · leaves 17:28 71%

HOU · 50m · leaves 20:10 82%

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.


Delta DL 800 FLL 07:53 → LAX United UA 5450 LAX 13:05 → PHX Connection details →	3h 00m	9h 49m	97%	94%
JetBlue B6 1401 FLL 12:00 → LAX Delta DL 4077 LAX 17:41 → PHX Connection details →	3h 26m	10h 15m	97%	85%
JetBlue B6 1707 FLL 07:10 → LAS Southwest WN 2311 LAS 12:30 → PHX Connection details →	3h 17m	9h 40m	99%	84%

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