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 18% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Best connections, any airlines

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


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 06:20 → MSY 07:45WN 1466	2h 25m New Orleans	MSY 10:10 → EWR 14:13UA 2172	6h 53m	98%	90%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 19:10 → DEN 20:30WN 1304	3h 29m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	9h 30m	98%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 06:00 → DEN 07:00WN 1296	3h 02m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	9h 00m	100%	83%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 18:50 → PHX 19:15WN 4258	2h 59m Phoenix	PHX 22:14 → EWR 06:00 +1AA 2156	10h 10m	95%	79%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 07:20 → STL 09:05WN 274	3h 18m St Louis	STL 12:23 → EWR 16:00UA 3573 · flown by Republic	7h 40m	96%	78%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 06:05 → MCO 09:45WN 1434	2h 00m Orlando	MCO 11:45 → EWR 14:30UA 663	7h 25m	100%	77%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 06:00 → PHX 06:28WN 1379	3h 17m Phoenix	PHX 09:45 → EWR 17:36UA 2677	10h 36m	100%	76%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DAL 06:00 → ATL 09:05WN 1261	3h 35m Atlanta	ATL 12:40 → EWR 15:01UA 1226	8h 01m	100%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DAL 15:59 → ATL 19:14DL 512	56m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → EWR 22:29DL 2527	5h 30m	68%	42%

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

ATL · 48m · leaves 06:05 18%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 56m · leaves 15:59 32%

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