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 4% of the time at 7 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	BDL	DFW	4h 00m	77%	3.5%	681	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Hartford). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	BDL 05:11 → MIA 08:22AA 412	3h 53m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	10h 23m	100%	83%
United Details →	BDL 06:00 → IAD 07:26UA 635	1h 04m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → DFW 10:53UA 2471	5h 53m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	BDL 06:00 → ATL 08:29DL 2933	1h 23m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 16m	97%	81%
American Details →	BDL 06:01 → CLT 08:08AA 3182	3h 22m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	8h 15m	99%	77%
Delta Details →	BDL 09:43 → DTW 11:35DL 2859	1h 10m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	5h 51m	95%	77%
American Details →	BDL 10:20 → CLT 12:27AA 1449	2h 37m Charlotte	CLT 15:04 → DFW 16:58AA 1709	7h 38m	99%	77%
Delta Details →	BDL 07:00 → ATL 09:26DL 2554	2h 02m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	6h 50m	97%	77%
United Details →	BDL 08:20 → IAH 11:10UA 1361	3h 36m Houston	IAH 14:46 → DFW 16:16UA 1388	8h 56m	99%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	BDL 16:55 → ORD 18:44UA 2627	1h 06m Chicago	ORD 19:50 → DFW 22:36UA 1673	6h 41m	70%	43%
American Details →	BDL 14:44 → CLT 17:00AA 1448	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 18:00 → DFW 20:00AA 2409	6h 16m	56%	31%
American Details →	BDL 14:16 → DCA 16:03AA 5059 · flown by PSA	1h 08m Washington	DCA 17:11 → DFW 19:41AA 1414	6h 25m	52%	28%

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

IAD · 1h 04m · leaves 06:00 4%

DTW · 1h 10m · leaves 09:43 5%

DCA · 1h 12m · leaves 05:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 16:55 30%

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 14:44 44%

DCA · 1h 08m · leaves 14:16 48%

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 2933 BDL 06:00 → ATL American AA 891 ATL 11:21 → DFW Connection details →	2h 52m	7h 50m	99%	78%
Southwest WN 335 BDL 05:20 → TPA Frontier F9 1333 TPA 10:14 → DFW Connection details →	1h 54m	7h 50m	95%	78%
JetBlue B6 959 BDL 07:00 → FLL American AA 2210 FLL 11:59 → DFW Connection details →	1h 48m	8h 12m	84%	75%

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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