Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s AMA → AUS flights land within a few points of 83% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	AMA	AUS	1h 20m	83%	0.5%	196	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	AMA 05:30 → DAL 06:45WN 168	2h 15m Dallas	DAL 09:00 → AUS 10:00WN 4172	4h 30m	94%	87%
American Details →	AMA 07:02 → DFW 08:25AA 3780 · flown by Envoy	3h 55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → AUS 13:25AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	6h 23m	99%	84%
United Details →	AMA 09:00 → IAH 10:52UA 4224 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 28m Houston	IAH 14:20 → AUS 15:29UA 6118 · flown by Mesa	6h 29m	99%	77%
American Details →	AMA 10:14 → DFW 11:35AA 3389 · flown by Envoy	2h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:55 → AUS 15:00AA 3726 · flown by Envoy	4h 46m	99%	77%
American Details →	AMA 05:00 → DFW 06:23AA 4897 · flown by SkyWest	1h 18m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:41 → AUS 08:52AA 4992 · flown by SkyWest	3h 52m	93%	74%
United Details →	AMA 08:00 → DEN 08:39UA 5221 · flown by SkyWest	1h 26m Denver	DEN 10:05 → AUS 13:20UA 1026	5h 20m	92%	74%
United Details →	AMA 15:18 → IAH 17:10UA 4816 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 08m Houston	IAH 20:18 → AUS 21:25UA 2621	6h 07m	97%	71%
United Details →	AMA 11:56 → IAH 13:44UA 4827 · flown by CommuteAir	2h 36m Houston	IAH 16:20 → AUS 17:27UA 1711	5h 31m	92%	64%

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

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 07:02 5%

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 09:00 7%

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 10:05 12%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 16:17 20%

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.


United UA 4743 AMA 17:20 → DEN Frontier F9 2890 DEN 20:46 → AUS Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 41m	87%	55%

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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