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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 28% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	AUS	EWR	3h 48m	80%	2.4%	1,760	Flying now
Spirit	AUS	EWR	3h 34m	58%	6.9%	321	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	AUS 18:29 → DEN 20:00UA 439	3h 59m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	10h 11m	98%	88%
United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	3h 04m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	9h 21m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	AUS 19:25 → SLC 21:21DL 2581	2h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:38 → EWR 06:00 +1DL 2038	9h 30m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	1h 15m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	5h 59m	97%	79%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	47m Houston	IAH 07:20 → EWR 11:59UA 1886	5h 29m	91%	77%
United Details →	AUS 05:20 → SFO 07:05UA 1348	1h 10m San Francisco	SFO 08:15 → EWR 16:53UA 435	10h 33m	95%	77%
United Details →	AUS 14:45 → DEN 16:22UA 2447	2h 48m Denver	DEN 19:10 → EWR 01:04 +1UA 2093	9h 19m	97%	75%
United Details →	AUS 06:40 → ORD 09:39UA 1878	2h 32m Chicago	ORD 12:11 → EWR 15:39UA 606	7h 59m	98%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	AUS 08:40 → SFO 10:25UA 1668	50m San Francisco	SFO 11:15 → EWR 20:10UA 274	10h 30m	68%	51%
United Details →	AUS 16:10 → IAH 17:25UA 4004 · flown by Mesa	53m Houston	IAH 18:18 → EWR 23:00UA 404	5h 50m	66%	43%
American Details →	AUS 15:27 → ORD 18:35AA 1574	1h 34m Chicago	ORD 20:09 → EWR 23:30AA 2549	7h 03m	71%	30%

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

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 05:25 3%

SFO · 1h 10m · leaves 05:20 5%

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 06:40 5%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 05m · leaves 19:07 20%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 17:20 26%

IAH · 53m · leaves 16:10 34%

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 4942 AUS 05:10 → MSY United UA 2172 MSY 10:10 → EWR Connection details →	3h 35m	8h 03m	97%	88%
Southwest WN 2573 AUS 18:35 → DEN United UA 1745 DEN 23:59 → EWR Connection details →	3h 54m	10h 05m	98%	88%
Southwest WN 282 AUS 05:45 → DEN United UA 1423 DEN 10:02 → EWR Connection details →	3h 02m	9h 15m	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