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 4% of the time at 9 am and 38% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	CLE	DFW	2h 54m	77%	0.6%	166	Flying now
American	CLE	DFW	3h 00m	77%	2.7%	1,455	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Cleveland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 15m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → DFW 10:53UA 2471	5h 53m	99%	85%
American Details →	CLE 07:36 → PHX 08:55AA 3110	1h 36m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	8h 34m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	2h 30m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 41m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	CLE 08:18 → DTW 09:20DL 3817 · flown by SkyWest	3h 25m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	7h 16m	98%	82%
American Details →	CLE 06:01 → MIA 09:00AA 2887	3h 15m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	9h 33m	99%	82%
United Details →	CLE 06:26 → IAH 08:25UA 756	3h 40m Houston	IAH 12:05 → DFW 13:34UA 4024 · flown by Mesa	8h 08m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	3h 00m Minneapolis	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	7h 33m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	6h 45m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	CLE 14:05 → ORD 14:41UA 2443	59m Chicago	ORD 15:40 → DFW 18:22UA 793	5h 17m	67%	44%
American Details →	CLE 15:43 → LGA 17:30AA 4758 · flown by Republic	1h 17m New York	LGA 18:47 → DFW 21:50AA 1571	7h 07m	74%	36%
American Details →	CLE 15:03 → PHL 16:43AA 5861 · flown by Piedmont	55m Philadelphia	PHL 17:38 → DFW 20:25AA 2947	6h 22m	63%	31%

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

IAD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 1%

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 06:01 4%

CLT · 58m · leaves 05:01 7%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 58m · leaves 17:51 36%

PHL · 55m · leaves 15:03 37%

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 18:05 38%

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 3930 CLE 05:30 → DEN United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW Connection details →	3h 00m	8h 18m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 4568 CLE 06:40 → BNA American AA 1476 BNA 09:57 → DFW Connection details →	2h 47m	6h 34m	100%	83%
United UA 601 CLE 07:15 → EWR American AA 1820 EWR 12:21 → DFW Connection details →	3h 34m	8h 55m	99%	81%

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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