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 barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	CVG	DFW	2h 32m	75%	3.4%	1,511	Flying now
Frontier	CVG	DFW	2h 40m	72%	1.5%	197	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 Hebron). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	CVG 05:34 → ATL 07:04DL 2441	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 42m	100%	84%
American Details →	CVG 06:30 → MIA 09:08AA 3638 · flown by Envoy	3h 07m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	9h 04m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	CVG 08:14 → DTW 09:30DL 5479 · flown by Endeavor	3h 15m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	7h 20m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	CVG 06:00 → MSP 06:57DL 2752	3h 06m Minneapolis	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	7h 33m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	CVG 07:05 → ATL 08:39DL 2302	2h 49m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	6h 45m	99%	80%
United Details →	CVG 06:35 → IAH 08:11UA 2442	3h 54m Houston	IAH 12:05 → DFW 13:34UA 4024 · flown by Mesa	7h 59m	100%	79%
United Details →	CVG 06:00 → ORD 06:36UA 5618 · flown by SkyWest	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 08:45 → DFW 11:29UA 528	6h 29m	100%	79%
United Details →	CVG 06:00 → EWR 08:07UA 3423 · flown by Republic	59m Newark	EWR 09:06 → DFW 11:54UA 454	6h 54m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CVG 18:29 → DTW 19:51DL 5071 · flown by Endeavor	55m Detroit	DTW 20:46 → DFW 22:32DL 1207	5h 07m	70%	49%
American Details →	CVG 11:12 → DCA 12:59AA 5145 · flown by PSA	48m Washington	DCA 13:47 → DFW 16:14AA 1177	6h 02m	50%	34%
United Details →	CVG 18:12 → ORD 18:50UA 1813	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 19:50 → DFW 22:36UA 1673	5h 24m	47%	29%

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

EWR · 59m · leaves 06:00 3%

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 07:05 4%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 06:35 4%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 55m · leaves 18:29 30%

ATL · 59m · leaves 16:26 31%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 18:12 53%

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.


Delta DL 2441 CVG 05:34 → ATL American AA 3390 ATL 09:43 → DFW Connection details →	2h 39m	6h 39m	99%	84%
Southwest WN 3349 CVG 07:00 → BNA American AA 1476 BNA 09:57 → DFW Connection details →	2h 47m	6h 14m	100%	83%
Delta DL 5069 CVG 06:30 → EWR American AA 1820 EWR 12:21 → DFW Connection details →	3h 52m	9h 40m	99%	80%

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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