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 8 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Best connections, any airlines

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


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 06:55 → BUF 08:10WN 4566	2h 10m Buffalo	BUF 10:20 → LGA 11:44DL 5376 · flown by Endeavor	4h 49m	100%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 06:45 → TPA 09:10WN 1119	1h 57m Tampa	TPA 11:07 → LGA 13:53DL 2531	7h 08m	94%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 06:20 → ATL 08:15WN 4689	2h 15m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	6h 24m	100%	84%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 06:15 → ORD 07:30UA 709	2h 05m Chicago	ORD 09:35 → LGA 12:56DL 2252	6h 41m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	BWI 07:00 → ATL 08:56DL 2579	2h 34m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	6h 44m	99%	81%
Southwest Details →	BWI 06:10 → MDW 07:10WN 995	55m Chicago	MDW 08:05 → LGA 11:20WN 2038	5h 10m	84%	81%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 08:15 → CLT 09:55WN 148	3h 12m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	6h 50m	100%	81%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BWI 06:25 → BNA 07:20WN 874	2h 05m Nashville	BNA 09:25 → LGA 12:59DL 5688 · flown by Republic	6h 34m	92%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BWI 18:21 → BOS 20:00DL 5644 · flown by Republic	1h 00m Boston	BOS 21:00 → LGA 22:21DL 5609 · flown by Republic	4h 00m	67%	39%
American Details →	BWI 13:55 → CLT 15:32AA 846	58m Charlotte	CLT 16:30 → LGA 18:29AA 1722	4h 38m	71%	37%
American Details →	BWI 15:46 → DFW 18:12AA 1629	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:13 → LGA 23:45AA 2708	7h 59m	58%	26%

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

MCI · 1h 17m · leaves 08:15 1%

BOS · 1h 00m · leaves 06:17 3%

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 10:32 6%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 1h 00m · leaves 18:21 33%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 15:46 42%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:32 55%

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