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 7% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BWI	TPA	2h 35m	80%	1.6%	2,291	Flying now
Frontier	BWI	TPA	2h 33m	76%	3.0%	332	Flying now
Spirit	BWI	TPA	2h 29m	83%	2.0%	50	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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.


American Details →	BWI 05:02 → CLT 06:26AA 1708	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 07:38 → TPA 09:22AA 3320	4h 20m	96%	90%
Southwest Details →	BWI 06:25 → STL 07:45WN 1109	2h 20m St Louis	STL 10:05 → TPA 13:25WN 3986	7h 00m	100%	90%
Southwest Details →	BWI 06:10 → MDW 07:10WN 995	2h 05m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	6h 40m	96%	85%
Southwest Details →	BWI 08:10 → RDU 09:30WN 1067	3h 50m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 13:20 → TPA 15:15WN 4442	7h 05m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950	1h 07m Atlanta	ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08DL 1227	4h 29m	95%	82%
American Details →	BWI 06:15 → CLT 07:53AA 2670	1h 22m Charlotte	CLT 09:15 → TPA 11:04AA 2828	4h 49m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	BWI 07:00 → ATL 08:56DL 2579	2h 18m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	5h 45m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	BWI 06:19 → MSP 07:56DL 2872	2h 08m Minneapolis	MSP 10:04 → TPA 14:12DL 2696	7h 53m	98%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	BWI 07:25 → DEN 09:15WN 935	50m Denver	DEN 10:05 → TPA 15:45WN 3560	8h 20m	72%	56%
Delta Details →	BWI 17:00 → ATL 19:08DL 2799	51m Atlanta	ATL 19:59 → TPA 21:30DL 1720	4h 30m	74%	54%
United Details →	BWI 15:03 → IAH 17:19UA 2095	51m Houston	IAH 18:10 → TPA 21:29UA 1312	6h 26m	54%	41%

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

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 05:02 4%

ATL · 1h 07m · leaves 05:40 5%

DEN · 50m · leaves 07:25 28%

Afternoon and evening

CMH · 1h 15m · leaves 17:00 22%

ATL · 51m · leaves 17:00 26%

IAH · 51m · leaves 15:03 46%

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 4689 BWI 06:20 → ATL Delta DL 1099 ATL 11:14 → TPA Connection details →	2h 59m	6h 25m	100%	83%
Southwest WN 3931 BWI 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 1525 ATL 12:46 → TPA Connection details →	2h 26m	5h 52m	98%	78%
Southwest WN 487 BWI 09:45 → BNA American AA 3823 BNA 13:30 → TPA Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 39m	100%	76%

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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