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 6% of the time at 6 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	AUS	CMH	2h 59m	86%	0.0%	56	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	CMH	2h 35m	81%	0.6%	356	Flying now
American	AUS	CMH	–	100%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now
United	AUS	CMH	–	100%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Columbus on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Columbus is 1 h ahead of Austin). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	AUS 05:25 → BWI 09:40WN 967	1h 05m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → CMH 12:10WN 4524	5h 45m	100%	93%
United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	2h 37m Denver	DEN 09:35 → CMH 14:28UA 480	7h 49m	99%	91%
Southwest Details →	AUS 05:50 → LAS 06:35WN 321	1h 05m Las Vegas	LAS 07:40 → CMH 14:40WN 2212	7h 50m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:20 → DTW 09:21DL 1040	2h 57m Detroit	DTW 12:18 → CMH 13:27DL 5774 · flown by Republic	7h 07m	99%	87%
American Details →	AUS 05:02 → MIA 08:58AA 406	1h 34m Miami	MIA 10:32 → CMH 13:25AA 4163 · flown by Envoy	7h 23m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:15 → ATL 11:30DL 2899	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 14:25 → CMH 15:59DL 2200	6h 45m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	1h 22m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CMH 11:48DL 1522	5h 23m	97%	84%
United Details →	AUS 09:35 → IAH 10:45UA 2196	1h 30m Houston	IAH 12:15 → CMH 16:05UA 4072 · flown by Mesa	5h 30m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	AUS 17:52 → DFW 19:15AA 6410 · flown by SkyWest	1h 09m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:24 → CMH 23:54AA 398	5h 02m	66%	34%
Southwest Details →	AUS 16:30 → BNA 18:40WN 259	1h 00m Nashville	BNA 19:40 → CMH 22:00WN 850	4h 30m	39%	16%
Southwest Details →	AUS 17:15 → BWI 21:30WN 3385	55m Baltimore	BWI 22:25 → CMH 23:50WN 4157	5h 35m	27%	16%

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

LAS · 1h 05m · leaves 05:50 0%

DAL · 1h 20m · leaves 05:35 0%

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 05:25 0%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 16:30 61%

BWI · 55m · leaves 17:15 73%

MDW · 52m · leaves 15:30 91%

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 282 AUS 05:45 → DEN United UA 480 DEN 09:35 → CMH Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 43m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 251 AUS 05:30 → ATL Delta DL 1750 ATL 12:05 → CMH Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 10m	100%	80%
United UA 202 AUS 08:20 → ORD American AA 3361 ORD 15:04 → CMH Connection details →	3h 47m	8h 18m	100%	78%

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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