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 3% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	AUS	TPA	2h 34m	83%	1.3%	390	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	TPA	2h 20m	74%	0.4%	1,142	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 (Tampa 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	52m Houston	IAH 07:25 → TPA 10:45UA 1353	4h 15m	93%	86%
Southwest Details →	AUS 05:05 → MDW 07:35WN 356	1h 40m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	6h 45m	95%	84%
United Details →	AUS 11:27 → DEN 12:45UA 779	1h 10m Denver	DEN 13:55 → TPA 19:33UA 2375	7h 06m	96%	81%
United Details →	AUS 07:30 → IAD 11:48UA 525	1h 01m Dulles	IAD 12:49 → TPA 15:15UA 2277	6h 45m	95%	80%
Delta Details →	AUS 05:25 → ATL 08:48DL 1344	2h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 20m	98%	80%
United Details →	AUS 09:35 → IAH 10:45UA 2196	3h 49m Houston	IAH 14:34 → TPA 17:55UA 2812	7h 20m	99%	79%
United Details →	AUS 06:40 → ORD 09:39UA 1878	1h 40m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	7h 32m	97%	79%
Delta Details →	AUS 06:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1258	3h 01m Atlanta	ATL 12:46 → TPA 14:13DL 1525	6h 47m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	AUS 12:10 → PHL 16:49AA 1407	1h 09m Philadelphia	PHL 17:58 → TPA 20:40AA 2322	7h 30m	73%	44%
American Details →	AUS 18:08 → MIA 22:02AA 1411	1h 11m Miami	MIA 23:13 → TPA 00:19 +1AA 1714	5h 11m	60%	43%
American Details →	AUS 14:44 → DFW 16:03AA 1397	1h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:19 → TPA 20:54AA 844	5h 10m	75%	41%

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 12m · leaves 05:25 3%

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 06:16 3%

IAD · 1h 01m · leaves 07:30 5%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 1h 11m · leaves 18:08 40%

HOU · 1h 10m · leaves 18:45 46%

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 16:30 57%

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 1099 ATL 11:14 → TPA Connection details →	2h 29m	6h 15m	100%	83%
Frontier F9 1815 AUS 06:30 → DEN United UA 1010 DEN 09:40 → TPA Connection details →	1h 51m	7h 44m	91%	80%
Southwest WN 967 AUS 05:25 → BWI Frontier F9 1537 BWI 11:27 → TPA Connection details →	1h 47m	7h 31m	100%	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