Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 10 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Delta | DFW | JFK | 4h 04m | 90% | 5.9% | 404 | Flying now |
| Frontier | DFW | EWR | 3h 40m | 83% | 1.1% | 87 | Flying now |
| United | DFW | EWR | 3h 29m | 77% | 2.7% | 1,819 | Flying now |
| Delta | DFW | LGA | 3h 29m | 73% | 4.8% | 1,902 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | JFK | 3h 39m | 71% | 2.6% | 1,435 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | EWR | 3h 31m | 66% | 3.9% | 1,439 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | LGA | 3h 24m | 65% | 4.7% | 4,300 | Flying now |
| Southwest | DAL | LGA | 3h 15m | 62% | 3.1% | 1,536 | Flying now |
| Frontier | DFW | LGA | 3h 42m | 61% | 5.8% | 292 | Flying now |
| Frontier | DFW | JFK | 3h 50m | 91% | 0.7% | 140 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | DFW | EWR | 3h 25m | 67% | 4.6% | 260 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | DFW | LGA | 3h 23m | 65% | 6.6% | 211 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 18:45 → DEN 20:15UA 1602 | 3h 44m Denver | DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745 | 9h 55m | 97% | 87% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575 | 2h 05m Charlotte | CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819 | 6h 37m | 99% | 84% |
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773 | 1h 10m Denver | DEN 08:03 → LGA 13:57UA 1442 | 7h 12m | 98% | 83% |
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260 | 58m Houston | IAH 07:20 → EWR 11:59UA 1886 | 5h 49m | 95% | 81% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 19:14 → PHX 19:43AA 818 | 2h 07m Phoenix | PHX 21:50 → JFK 05:47 +1AA 1587 | 9h 33m | 93% | 80% |
| DeltaDetails → | DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401 | 2h 48m Atlanta | ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467 | 7h 14m | 99% | 80% |
| DeltaDetails → | DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183 | 1h 00m Detroit | DTW 10:10 → JFK 11:59DL 2751 | 5h 30m | 94% | 79% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 07:10 → XNA 08:38AA 5442 · flown by PSA | 1h 19m Fayetteville/Springdale/ | XNA 09:57 → LGA 14:03AA 4620 · flown by Republic | 5h 53m | 95% | 79% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 20:30 → PHX 21:02AA 1133 | 48m Phoenix | PHX 21:50 → JFK 05:47 +1AA 1587 | 8h 17m | 43% | 32% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 14:25 → MIA 18:24AA 1167 | 1h 23m Miami | MIA 19:47 → EWR 22:53AA 322 | 7h 30m | 66% | 29% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 12:45 → MIA 16:43AA 3117 | 1h 07m Miami | MIA 17:50 → LGA 20:58AA 3128 | 7h 13m | 58% | 20% |
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.
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
| Southwest WN 1304 DAL 19:10 → DEN Delta DL 758 DEN 23:59 → JFK Connection details → |
3h 29m | 9h 38m | 98% | 92% |
| Southwest WN 1466 DAL 06:20 → MSY United UA 2172 MSY 10:10 → EWR Connection details → |
2h 25m | 6h 53m | 98% | 90% |
| Southwest WN 1296 DAL 06:00 → DEN United UA 1423 DEN 10:02 → EWR Connection details → |
3h 02m | 9h 00m | 100% | 83% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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