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, one ticket

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.


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%
Delta Details →	BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950	2h 59m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	7h 04m	99%	80%
United Details →	BWI 06:15 → ORD 07:30UA 709	2h 33m Chicago	ORD 10:03 → LGA 13:26UA 669	7h 11m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	BWI 06:08 → DTW 07:40DL 2601	2h 25m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → LGA 11:50DL 2589	5h 42m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	BWI 06:17 → BOS 08:00DL 5813 · flown by Republic	2h 00m Boston	BOS 10:00 → LGA 11:15DL 5744 · flown by Republic	4h 58m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	BWI 06:19 → MSP 07:56DL 2872	2h 09m Minneapolis	MSP 10:05 → LGA 13:46DL 2764	7h 27m	98%	78%
American Details →	BWI 10:06 → CLT 11:39AA 1635	1h 28m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	4h 59m	95%	77%
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.


Southwest WN 4566 BWI 06:55 → BUF Delta DL 5376 BUF 10:20 → LGA Connection details →	2h 10m	4h 49m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 1119 BWI 06:45 → TPA Delta DL 2531 TPA 11:07 → LGA Connection details →	1h 57m	7h 08m	94%	85%
Southwest WN 4689 BWI 06:20 → ATL Delta DL 371 ATL 10:30 → LGA Connection details →	2h 15m	6h 24m	100%	84%

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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