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 27% of the time at 12 pm and barely half the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	ALB	ATL	2h 46m	84%	2.3%	1,044	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	ALB 06:21 → PHL 07:40AA 5854 · flown by Piedmont	1h 52m Philadelphia	PHL 09:32 → ATL 11:53AA 4338 · flown by Republic	5h 32m	96%	88%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:06 → DTW 07:50DL 2996	1h 35m Detroit	DTW 09:25 → ATL 11:25DL 2777	5h 19m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	ALB 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 4623	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 08:20 → ATL 10:20WN 3931	4h 18m	91%	84%
American Details →	ALB 05:39 → CLT 07:47AA 440	1h 23m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → ATL 10:41AA 5039 · flown by PSA	5h 02m	98%	84%
United Details →	ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225	2h 42m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → ATL 13:44UA 2684	7h 34m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	ALB 05:45 → LGA 06:50DL 5454 · flown by Endeavor	1h 10m New York	LGA 08:00 → ATL 10:29DL 364	4h 42m	95%	79%
Delta Details →	ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest	3h 33m Detroit	DTW 14:57 → ATL 17:05DL 1983	7h 29m	100%	78%
American Details →	ALB 05:08 → DCA 06:42AA 5101 · flown by PSA	1h 38m Washington	DCA 08:20 → ATL 10:27AA 3976 · flown by Envoy	5h 19m	93%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ALB 10:00 → IAD 11:37UA 4889 · flown by CommuteAir	58m Dulles	IAD 12:35 → ATL 14:34UA 471	4h 34m	73%	62%
American Details →	ALB 19:26 → CLT 21:39AA 3294	57m Charlotte	CLT 22:36 → ATL 23:58AA 5498 · flown by PSA	4h 32m	66%	44%
United Details →	ALB 14:50 → IAD 16:29UA 4942 · flown by CommuteAir	48m Dulles	IAD 17:17 → ATL 19:16UA 2081	4h 26m	47%	32%

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 15m · leaves 09:20 2%

LGA · 1h 10m · leaves 05:45 5%

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 06:10 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 57m · leaves 19:26 34%

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 17:55 36%

IAD · 48m · leaves 14:50 53%

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 4623 ALB 06:00 → BWI Delta DL 1592 BWI 10:33 → ATL Connection details →	3h 13m	6h 24m	98%	86%
Southwest WN 163 ALB 07:40 → MDW Delta DL 1063 MDW 11:05 → ATL Connection details →	2h 10m	6h 21m	96%	85%
Southwest WN 2458 ALB 09:20 → BWI Delta DL 2711 BWI 14:10 → ATL Connection details →	3h 30m	6h 48m	100%	83%

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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