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Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest CMH FLL 2h 35m 81% 0.8% 374 Flying now
Spirit CMH FLL 2h 39m 78% 5.1% 370 Not flying now
Frontier CMH FLL 2h 42m 63%few flights 5.0% 20 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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.
DeltaDetails → CMH 07:00 → MSP 08:03DL 2403 52m Minneapolis MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673 6h 30m 95% 87%
SouthwestDetails → CMH 05:45 → BWI 07:05WN 4376 2h 45m Baltimore BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785 6h 35m 100% 85%
UnitedDetails → CMH 11:43 → IAH 13:40UA 4065 · flown by Mesa 2h 55m Houston IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277 8h 39m 99% 82%
AmericanDetails → CMH 05:30 → ORD 06:00AA 4487 · flown by Republic 59m Chicago ORD 06:59 → FLL 11:04AA 1851 5h 33m 95% 82%
AmericanDetails → CMH 06:09 → CLT 07:39AA 3206 3h 21m Charlotte CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877 6h 53m 99% 81%
UnitedDetails → CMH 05:30 → ORD 06:09UA 3524 · flown by Republic 51m Chicago ORD 07:00 → FLL 11:13UA 1421 5h 43m 90% 80%
UnitedDetails → CMH 06:40 → EWR 08:33UA 3458 · flown by Republic 3h 04m Newark EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677 8h 02m 99% 80%
DeltaDetails → CMH 08:04 → DTW 09:15DL 5812 · flown by Republic 3h 15m Detroit DTW 12:30 → FLL 15:35DL 1294 7h 31m 100% 80%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → CMH 06:00 → IAD 07:23UA 4428 · flown by GoJet 57m Dulles IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825 5h 07m 70% 61%
DeltaDetails → CMH 18:37 → ATL 20:34DL 2280 54m Atlanta ATL 21:28 → FLL 23:24DL 1107 4h 47m 64% 39%
SouthwestDetails → CMH 17:35 → BWI 19:00WN 1034 1h 15m Baltimore BWI 20:15 → FLL 22:55WN 3072 5h 20m 70% 32%

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 20m · leaves 05:45 0%
MSP · 52m · leaves 07:00 5%
ORD · 59m · leaves 05:30 5%
Afternoon and evening
DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 15:30 20%
BWI · 1h 15m · leaves 17:35 30%
ATL · 54m · leaves 18:37 36%

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