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 5% of the time at 6 am and 56% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	DFW	ORD	2h 38m	73%	1.8%	2,063	Flying now
Southwest	DAL	MDW	2h 10m	71%	2.0%	2,179	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	ORD	2h 43m	70%	3.1%	449	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	MDW	2h 24m	70%	2.1%	288	Flying now
American	DFW	ORD	2h 27m	67%	3.5%	4,382	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	ORD	2h 25m	76%	1.9%	107	Not flying now
Southwest	DAL	ORD	2h 25m	75%	0.9%	450	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 43m Houston	IAH 08:05 → ORD 11:01UA 1617	5h 51m	99%	88%
American Details →	DFW 06:15 → MCO 09:50AA 3173	1h 48m Orlando	MCO 11:38 → ORD 13:45AA 2067	7h 30m	96%	88%
Southwest Details →	DAL 06:00 → DEN 07:00WN 1296	3h 00m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MDW 13:25WN 755	7h 25m	100%	87%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	2h 23m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	7h 19m	99%	87%
American Details →	DFW 07:10 → OMA 09:00AA 2899	2h 48m Omaha	OMA 11:48 → ORD 13:42AA 3739 · flown by Envoy	6h 32m	98%	85%
American Details →	DFW 06:00 → BNA 08:01AA 3912 · flown by Envoy	2h 41m Nashville	BNA 10:42 → ORD 12:38AA 3439 · flown by Envoy	6h 38m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	1h 05m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → ORD 10:50DL 3673 · flown by SkyWest	5h 21m	95%	84%
Southwest Details →	DAL 07:35 → AUS 08:40WN 1265	1h 45m Austin	AUS 10:25 → MDW 12:55WN 4077	5h 20m	95%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 17:59 → CLT 21:49AA 1703	50m Charlotte	CLT 22:39 → ORD 00:01 +1AA 3014	6h 02m	55%	31%
American Details →	DFW 17:36 → SGF 19:07AA 3797 · flown by Envoy	46m Springfield	SGF 19:53 → ORD 21:45AA 3626 · flown by Envoy	4h 09m	46%	24%
American Details →	DFW 14:25 → MIA 18:24AA 1167	57m Miami	MIA 19:21 → ORD 22:01AA 3304	7h 36m	44%	21%

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

TPA · 1h 10m · leaves 06:10 2%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 3%

IAH · 1h 02m · leaves 05:10 5%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 54m · leaves 15:56 67%

MCO · 53m · leaves 12:00 68%

STL · 51m · leaves 14:41 73%

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 575 DFW 05:00 → CLT Southwest WN 4529 CLT 11:35 → MDW Connection details →	2h 57m	7h 35m	99%	94%
Southwest WN 1434 DAL 06:05 → MCO American AA 2067 MCO 11:38 → ORD Connection details →	1h 53m	7h 40m	100%	91%
United UA 773 DFW 05:45 → DEN Southwest WN 755 DEN 10:00 → MDW Connection details →	3h 07m	7h 40m	100%	86%

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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