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 80-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 12 pm and 15% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	ATL	RSW	1h 41m	78%	1.6%	2,723	Flying now
Frontier	ATL	RSW	1h 45m	58%	2.1%	94	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	ATL 06:50 → STL 07:30WN 3937	2h 35m St Louis	STL 10:05 → RSW 13:35WN 4940	6h 45m	100%	88%
United Details →	ATL 05:30 → IAD 07:20UA 641	55m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → RSW 10:53UA 1406	5h 23m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	1h 37m Detroit	DTW 14:32 → RSW 17:27DL 1225	6h 27m	94%	73%
Frontier Details →	ATL 10:14 → CVG 11:47F9 4771	3h 01m Hebron	CVG 14:48 → RSW 17:16F9 1318	7h 02m	97%	69%
American Details →	ATL 06:01 → DFW 07:33AA 2770	2h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:49 → RSW 13:31AA 2438	7h 30m	98%	67%
Delta Details →	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	1h 15m Minneapolis	MSP 12:45 → RSW 17:10DL 402	7h 15m	96%	65%
American Details →	ATL 05:00 → CLT 06:25AA 5507 · flown by PSA	46m Charlotte	CLT 07:11 → RSW 09:08AA 2427	4h 08m	81%	65%
American Details →	ATL 07:05 → PHL 09:15AA 1428	1h 45m Philadelphia	PHL 11:00 → RSW 13:55AA 2439	6h 50m	95%	62%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ATL 11:20 → DFW 12:47AA 3249	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:34 → RSW 17:16AA 2446	5h 56m	70%	33%
American Details →	ATL 16:16 → DFW 17:49AA 1356	1h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:51 → RSW 22:38AA 1267	6h 22m	45%	25%
Southwest Details →	ATL 18:15 → MCO 20:00WN 4558	50m Orlando	MCO 20:50 → RSW 22:00WN 4709	3h 40m	18%	11%

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

MSP · 1h 15m · leaves 09:55 4%

IAD · 55m · leaves 05:30 5%

CLT · 46m · leaves 05:00 19%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 1h 20m · leaves 16:31 15%

IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 15:57 21%

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 16:16 55%

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 1178 ATL 07:25 → ORD United UA 1102 ORD 10:35 → RSW Connection details →	2h 00m	7h 19m	92%	82%
Delta DL 1571 ATL 07:43 → STL Southwest WN 4940 STL 10:05 → RSW Connection details →	1h 46m	5h 52m	92%	79%
Frontier F9 2399 ATL 08:45 → IAH United UA 1361 IAH 12:19 → RSW Connection details →	2h 12m	7h 07m	90%	76%

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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