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 1 time in 10 at 7 am and 36% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLE	FLL	2h 55m	91%	0.8%	529	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	FLL	2h 53m	77%	2.1%	474	Flying now
JetBlue	CLE	FLL	2h 55m	95%few flights	8.7%	23	Flying now
Spirit	CLE	FLL	2h 53m	69%	5.2%	211	Not flying now
Southwest	CLE	FLL	–	0%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	1h 52m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	7h 30m	95%	87%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 05m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825	5h 07m	97%	86%
Southwest Details →	CLE 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 1153	2h 30m Baltimore	BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785	6h 20m	100%	85%
United Details →	CLE 07:15 → EWR 08:47UA 601	2h 50m Newark	EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677	7h 27m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	1h 43m Atlanta	ATL 09:05 → FLL 11:03DL 1271	5h 27m	96%	79%
United Details →	CLE 06:26 → IAH 08:25UA 756	1h 35m Houston	IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234	7h 21m	97%	78%
American Details →	CLE 07:07 → PHL 08:44AA 3277	2h 01m Philadelphia	PHL 10:45 → FLL 13:38AA 695	6h 31m	100%	78%
American Details →	CLE 05:18 → LGA 06:59AA 4677 · flown by Republic	1h 00m New York	LGA 07:59 → FLL 11:03AA 2395	5h 45m	91%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CLE 17:15 → JFK 19:09DL 4975 · flown by Endeavor	46m New York	JFK 19:55 → FLL 23:20DL 1414	6h 05m	60%	36%
JetBlue Details →	CLE 16:04 → BOS 17:48B6 640	1h 02m Boston	BOS 18:50 → FLL 22:23B6 2269	6h 19m	64%	33%
Southwest Details →	CLE 17:45 → BWI 19:05WN 4295	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 20:15 → FLL 22:55WN 3072	5h 10m	64%	30%

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 05m · leaves 06:00 0%

IAD · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 3%

PHL · 1h 06m · leaves 07:07 3%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 1h 02m · leaves 16:04 36%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 17:45 36%

JFK · 46m · leaves 17:15 40%

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.


American AA 2632 CLE 05:01 → CLT JetBlue B6 2148 CLT 09:00 → FLL Connection details →	2h 18m	6h 05m	97%	79%
JetBlue B6 2769 CLE 06:25 → JFK Delta DL 305 JFK 11:10 → FLL Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 52m	97%	71%
Frontier F9 2467 CLE 06:40 → ATL Delta DL 2063 ATL 11:25 → FLL Connection details →	2h 24m	6h 42m	91%	69%

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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