Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s BHM → BWI flights land within a few points of 82% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BHM	BWI	2h 00m	82%	1.2%	337	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	BHM 05:00 → MDW 06:50WN 442	2h 05m Chicago	MDW 08:55 → BWI 11:45WN 1355	5h 45m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	BHM 05:15 → ATL 07:21DL 1979	3h 49m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711	6h 48m	100%	87%
Southwest Details →	BHM 06:50 → MCO 09:25WN 440	1h 30m Orlando	MCO 10:55 → BWI 13:10WN 193	5h 20m	96%	81%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	BHM 06:15 → ATL 08:21DL 1618	1h 54m Atlanta	ATL 10:15 → BWI 12:10WN 186	4h 55m	94%	81%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	BHM 08:26 → CLT 10:59AA 2349	2h 11m Charlotte	CLT 13:10 → BWI 14:40WN 477	5h 14m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	BHM 09:28 → ATL 11:29DL 3100	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 14:02 → BWI 15:53DL 2799	5h 25m	99%	77%
Southwest Details →	BHM 17:20 → MCO 20:05WN 3656	2h 50m Orlando	MCO 22:55 → BWI 01:15 +1WN 160	6h 55m	98%	77%
Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	BHM 06:25 → DTW 09:27DL 3006	3h 23m Detroit	DTW 12:50 → BWI 14:26F9 1516	7h 01m	99%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BHM 12:39 → CLT 15:22AA 6196 · flown by SkyWest	53m Charlotte	CLT 16:15 → BWI 17:46AA 1622	4h 07m	74%	47%
American Details →	BHM 18:42 → CLT 21:27AA 5077 · flown by PSA	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 22:45 → BWI 00:14 +1AA 1318	4h 32m	60%	43%
Delta Details →	BHM 17:41 → DTW 20:54DL 4990 · flown by Endeavor	46m Detroit	DTW 21:40 → BWI 23:18DL 2715	4h 37m	46%	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 10m · leaves 07:18 8%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 16:00 20%

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 18:42 40%

DTW · 46m · leaves 17:41 54%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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