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

The nonstop is quickest: Southwest BUF → TPA (2h 45m), on time 4 times in 5. Southwest via BWI (4h 55m) is more reliable, 91%, but takes 2h 10m longer.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BUF	TPA	2h 45m	81%	0.3%	626	Flying now
Frontier	BUF	TPA	2h 51m	80%	1.9%	106	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	BUF 06:05 → BWI 07:20WN 756	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00WN 1120	4h 55m	97%	91%
Southwest Details →	BUF 07:35 → MDW 08:15WN 4154	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	5h 15m	100%	85%
American Details →	BUF 05:20 → PHL 06:46AA 5873 · flown by Piedmont	2h 07m Philadelphia	PHL 08:53 → TPA 11:40AA 2822	6h 20m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	BUF 09:03 → DTW 10:18DL 3639 · flown by SkyWest	3h 47m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → TPA 16:47DL 1243	7h 44m	100%	81%
American Details →	BUF 06:01 → CLT 08:01AA 1204	1h 14m Charlotte	CLT 09:15 → TPA 11:04AA 2828	5h 03m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	BUF 06:00 → ATL 08:10DL 2664	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 45m	99%	80%
United Details →	BUF 07:00 → ORD 08:05UA 5820 · flown by SkyWest	3h 14m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	8h 12m	100%	80%
American Details →	BUF 06:00 → DCA 07:29AA 3668 · flown by Envoy	2h 46m Washington	DCA 10:15 → TPA 12:40AA 2852	6h 40m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	BUF 16:48 → ORD 18:03AA 4913 · flown by SkyWest	1h 14m Chicago	ORD 19:17 → TPA 21:52AA 353	6h 19m	63%	35%
American Details →	BUF 16:46 → DFW 19:10AA 1615	1h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:30 → TPA 23:59AA 2256	7h 13m	70%	23%
Southwest Details →	BUF 16:40 → DEN 18:15WN 3413	1h 00m Denver	DEN 19:15 → TPA 00:55 +1WN 2232	8h 10m	19%	8%

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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 06:05 3%

CLT · 1h 14m · leaves 06:01 5%

SJU · 1h 08m · leaves 07:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 1h 19m · leaves 13:31 13%

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 16:46 30%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 16:48 37%

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