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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 9 am and 15% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Frontier	CVG	TPA	2h 17m	83%	0.3%	370	Flying now
Delta	CVG	TPA	2h 10m	83%	1.3%	372	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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.


Southwest Details →	CVG 05:35 → BWI 07:05WN 1246	1h 25m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00WN 1120	5h 25m	96%	91%
Delta Details →	CVG 05:34 → ATL 07:04DL 2441	1h 34m Atlanta	ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08DL 1227	4h 35m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	CVG 08:00 → MDW 08:05WN 3016	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	4h 50m	98%	86%
American Details →	CVG 05:08 → CLT 06:35AA 429	1h 03m Charlotte	CLT 07:38 → TPA 09:22AA 3320	4h 14m	91%	84%
United Details →	CVG 06:00 → IAD 07:34UA 3489 · flown by Republic	1h 26m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683	5h 32m	91%	82%
Delta Details →	CVG 07:05 → ATL 08:39DL 2302	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	5h 40m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	CVG 06:00 → MSP 06:57DL 2752	3h 07m Minneapolis	MSP 10:04 → TPA 14:12DL 2696	8h 12m	99%	80%
United Details →	CVG 06:00 → ORD 06:36UA 5618 · flown by SkyWest	55m Chicago	ORD 07:31 → TPA 11:24UA 2326	5h 24m	89%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CVG 14:32 → ATL 16:09DL 1140	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 17:20 → TPA 18:52DL 1594	4h 20m	64%	41%
American Details →	CVG 11:19 → DFW 12:45AA 1713	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:32 → TPA 17:04AA 2813	5h 45m	72%	33%

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

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 08:00 2%

EWR · 58m · leaves 06:00 4%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 10:05 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 09m · leaves 17:29 20%

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 18:25 23%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 14:32 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