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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 42% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	ATL	TPA	1h 30m	76%	0.8%	731	Flying now
Delta	ATL	TPA	1h 29m	76%	1.2%	4,401	Flying now
Frontier	ATL	TPA	1h 38m	66%	1.8%	905	Flying now
Spirit	ATL	TPA	1h 25m	76%	1.0%	104	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa 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 → TPA 13:25WN 3986	6h 35m	100%	91%
Southwest Details →	ATL 06:00 → AUS 07:20WN 4363	1h 20m Austin	AUS 08:40 → TPA 12:05WN 411	6h 05m	100%	89%
United Details →	ATL 05:30 → IAD 07:20UA 641	1h 40m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683	6h 02m	98%	88%
United Details →	ATL 09:25 → IAD 11:15UA 632	1h 34m Dulles	IAD 12:49 → TPA 15:15UA 2277	5h 50m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	2h 55m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → TPA 16:47DL 1243	7h 29m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	ATL 09:59 → CVG 11:25DL 3160	3h 55m Hebron	CVG 15:20 → TPA 17:28DL 1679	7h 29m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	ATL 08:30 → LGA 10:43DL 513	1h 52m New York	LGA 12:35 → TPA 15:34DL 2106	7h 04m	99%	80%
Frontier Details →	ATL 06:40 → RDU 08:11F9 1168	2h 17m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 10:28 → TPA 12:23F9 2729	5h 43m	95%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ATL 19:00 → MIA 21:00AA 1367	2h 13m Miami	MIA 23:13 → TPA 00:19 +1AA 1714	5h 19m	73%	52%
Delta Details →	ATL 17:10 → DTW 19:11DL 2067	48m Detroit	DTW 19:59 → TPA 22:35DL 1355	5h 29m	58%	44%
American Details →	ATL 14:10 → PHL 16:25AA 621	1h 33m Philadelphia	PHL 17:58 → TPA 20:40AA 2322	6h 30m	74%	44%

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

AUS · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 0%

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 06:24 6%

MSP · 1h 04m · leaves 07:25 6%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 48m · leaves 17:10 42%

DAL · 50m · leaves 14:10 55%

MIA · 1h 09m · leaves 19:00 56%

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 1571 ATL 07:43 → STL Southwest WN 3986 STL 10:05 → TPA Connection details →	1h 46m	5h 42m	92%	82%
Delta DL 1699 ATL 08:43 → RDU Southwest WN 4442 RDU 13:20 → TPA Connection details →	3h 10m	6h 32m	99%	81%
Delta DL 1324 ATL 07:43 → IAD United UA 2277 IAD 12:49 → TPA Connection details →	3h 23m	7h 32m	99%	81%

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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