Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 6 am and 56% of the time at 11 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| JetBlue | DFW | FLL | 2h 56m | 73% | 2.8% | 218 | Flying now |
| Southwest | DAL | MIA | 2h 40m | 72% | 2.2% | 417 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | FLL | 2h 49m | 69% | 3.1% | 1,999 | Flying now |
| Frontier | DFW | MIA | 2h 56m | 69% | 1.9% | 270 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | MIA | 2h 52m | 68% | 2.6% | 4,303 | Flying now |
| American | DFW | PBI | 2h 48m | 67% | 2.8% | 1,145 | Flying now |
| Frontier | DFW | FLL | 3h 01m | 66% | 2.3% | 174 | Flying now |
| Southwest | DAL | FLL | 2h 40m | 62% | 1.3% | 548 | Flying now |
| Spirit | DFW | MIA | 2h 54m | 82% | 2.4% | 249 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | DFW | FLL | 2h 49m | 74% | 4.6% | 659 | Not flying now |
| Southwest | DAL | PBI | – | 60%few flights | 0.0% | 5 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach South Florida on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Miami is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| SouthwestDetails → | DAL 06:05 → MCI 07:35WN 4631 | 2h 25m Kansas City | MCI 10:00 → MIA 14:10WN 2575 | 7h 05m | 98% | 94% |
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260 | 1h 13m Houston | IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22UA 2261 | 5h 12m | 97% | 89% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 06:00 → BNA 08:01AA 3912 · flown by Envoy | 2h 38m Nashville | BNA 10:39 → MIA 14:00AA 1521 | 7h 00m | 100% | 87% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 07:00 → STL 08:46AA 1410 | 2h 14m St Louis | STL 11:00 → MIA 14:46AA 3954 · flown by Envoy | 6h 46m | 97% | 86% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575 | 2h 23m Charlotte | CLT 11:01 → MIA 13:11AA 969 | 7h 10m | 99% | 85% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 12:12 → MCI 13:58AA 6238 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 55m Kansas City | MCI 17:53 → MIA 22:05AA 3939 · flown by Envoy | 8h 53m | 100% | 84% |
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 07:00 → IAH 08:26UA 2670 | 3h 34m Houston | IAH 12:00 → MIA 15:47UA 410 | 7h 47m | 99% | 82% |
| UnitedDetails → | DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586 | 3h 17m Houston | IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462 | 7h 21m | 97% | 81% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 13:10 → JFK 17:56AA 1049 | 54m New York | JFK 18:50 → MIA 22:22AA 1174 | 8h 12m | 48% | 32% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 10:55 → MCO 14:37AA 1312 | 1h 02m Orlando | MCO 15:39 → MIA 16:50AA 2092 | 4h 55m | 62% | 32% |
| AmericanDetails → | DFW 10:45 → ORD 13:25AA 3330 | 59m Chicago | ORD 14:24 → MIA 18:39AA 3148 | 6h 58m | 62% | 31% |
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 1296 DAL 06:00 → DEN United UA 2188 DEN 09:47 → FLL Connection details → |
2h 47m | 8h 47m | 100% | 82% |
| Southwest WN 1466 DAL 06:20 → MSY American AA 2168 MSY 09:58 → MIA Connection details → |
2h 13m | 5h 38m | 98% | 82% |
| American AA 3193 DFW 07:20 → IAH United UA 410 IAH 12:00 → MIA Connection details → |
3h 28m | 7h 27m | 95% | 80% |
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