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 5% of the time at 7 am and 29% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


JetBlue	AUS	FLL	2h 53m	73%	0.9%	454	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	FLL	2h 40m	63%	0.5%	368	Flying now
Spirit	AUS	FLL	2h 42m	68%	5.8%	345	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	1h 02m Houston	IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22UA 2261	4h 52m	95%	87%
United Details →	AUS 12:15 → IAH 13:20UA 1747	3h 15m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 07m	98%	82%
United Details →	AUS 09:35 → IAH 10:45UA 2196	3h 35m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	7h 32m	99%	82%
Southwest Details →	AUS 06:05 → HOU 07:05WN 301	3h 05m Houston	HOU 10:10 → FLL 13:40WN 4355	6h 35m	100%	79%
American Details →	AUS 06:16 → CLT 10:10AA 1482	3h 08m Charlotte	CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875	8h 04m	99%	78%
United Details →	AUS 07:10 → IAH 08:13UA 2393	1h 47m Houston	IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234	5h 37m	96%	77%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	1h 37m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:26DL 1512	6h 01m	97%	76%
United Details →	AUS 12:00 → IAD 16:19UA 2344	1h 23m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379	7h 32m	94%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	AUS 16:10 → IAH 17:25UA 4004 · flown by Mesa	1h 01m Houston	IAH 18:26 → FLL 22:04UA 1956	4h 54m	73%	56%
American Details →	AUS 13:52 → PHL 18:32AA 1423	48m Philadelphia	PHL 19:20 → FLL 22:25AA 1864	7h 33m	57%	36%
American Details →	AUS 10:42 → DFW 11:56AA 1396	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:43 → FLL 16:36AA 1862	4h 55m	67%	34%

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

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 06:40 4%

IAH · 1h 02m · leaves 05:30 5%

CLT · 50m · leaves 06:16 7%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 53m · leaves 17:52 47%

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 16:30 61%

HOU · 55m · leaves 18:45 78%

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 251 AUS 05:30 → ATL Delta DL 2063 ATL 11:25 → FLL Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 52m	100%	78%
Frontier F9 1815 AUS 06:30 → DEN United UA 2188 DEN 09:47 → FLL Connection details →	1h 58m	8h 17m	92%	76%
Delta DL 1258 AUS 06:25 → ATL JetBlue B6 2097 ATL 13:18 → FLL Connection details →	3h 33m	7h 45m	98%	67%

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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