Mon, Oct 5 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 7 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SRQ	ORD	3h 13m	72%	1.5%	619	Flying now
American	SRQ	ORD	3h 12m	65%	2.1%	380	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 1 h behind Sarasota/Bradenton). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	SRQ 06:21 → CLT 08:15AA 2264	2h 46m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	6h 58m	97%	85%
American Details →	SRQ 06:15 → MIA 07:17AA 4139 · flown by Envoy	1h 11m Miami	MIA 08:28 → ORD 10:59AA 1431	5h 44m	95%	84%
United Details →	SRQ 06:00 → EWR 08:53UA 1343	2h 32m Newark	EWR 11:25 → ORD 13:08UA 1875	8h 08m	97%	75%
Delta Details →	SRQ 06:00 → ATL 07:43DL 1499	1h 19m Atlanta	ATL 09:02 → ORD 10:13DL 1147	5h 13m	96%	73%
Delta Details →	SRQ 07:04 → ATL 08:45DL 1445	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 11:22 → ORD 12:36DL 2894	6h 32m	99%	67%
Delta Details →	SRQ 18:22 → ATL 20:13DL 3109	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → ORD 23:53DL 1199	6h 37m	96%	66%
American Details →	SRQ 11:37 → CLT 13:35AA 2693	2h 43m Charlotte	CLT 16:18 → ORD 17:42AA 536	7h 04m	97%	65%
American Details →	SRQ 11:33 → DCA 13:59AA 2697	1h 53m Washington	DCA 15:52 → ORD 17:25AA 3254	6h 51m	92%	63%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SRQ 17:21 → CLT 19:29AA 5627 · flown by PSA	58m Charlotte	CLT 20:27 → ORD 22:00AA 627	5h 39m	66%	39%
American Details →	SRQ 17:41 → DFW 19:35AA 2704	1h 25m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:00 → ORD 23:39AA 2346	6h 58m	63%	37%

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 19m · leaves 06:00 4%

MIA · 1h 11m · leaves 06:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 1h 20m · leaves 14:30 10%

ATL · 1h 02m · leaves 19:57 19%

CLT · 58m · leaves 17:21 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.


Southwest WN 385 SRQ 06:15 → MCO United UA 2683 MCO 09:40 → ORD Connection details →	2h 30m	6h 33m	97%	91%
American AA 2264 SRQ 06:21 → CLT United UA 4680 CLT 10:35 → ORD Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 38m	96%	80%
Delta DL 1499 SRQ 06:00 → ATL United UA 1239 ATL 11:29 → ORD Connection details →	3h 46m	7h 52m	98%	78%

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