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 12% of the time at 8 am and 36% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	LIT	2h 51m	71%	2.2%	364	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	3h 17m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → LIT 13:41AA 3398 · flown by Envoy	7h 26m	100%	90%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 33m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → LIT 12:45AA 4146 · flown by Envoy	7h 27m	97%	89%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:31 → LIT 11:07DL 3040	6h 07m	99%	87%
American Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	1h 51m Chicago	ORD 11:51 → LIT 13:54AA 3471 · flown by Envoy	6h 29m	99%	87%
United Details →	DCA 12:59 → IAH 15:18UA 382	3h 02m Houston	IAH 18:20 → LIT 20:01UA 6150 · flown by Mesa	8h 02m	97%	84%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13UA 1450	1h 27m Houston	IAH 09:40 → LIT 11:13UA 4371 · flown by CommuteAir	6h 13m	98%	82%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:55 → ATL 08:50WN 4969	3h 29m Atlanta	ATL 12:19 → LIT 12:49DL 1347	6h 54m	100%	81%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	2h 19m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:41 → LIT 11:03AA 3632 · flown by Envoy	7h 03m	99%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 17:11 → DFW 19:41AA 1414	1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:11 → LIT 22:35AA 4079 · flown by Envoy	6h 24m	74%	53%
American Details →	DCA 17:50 → CLT 19:37AA 2182	48m Charlotte	CLT 20:25 → LIT 21:40AA 3692 · flown by Envoy	4h 48m	64%	48%
American Details →	DCA 17:22 → ORD 18:54AA 1630	55m Chicago	ORD 19:49 → LIT 21:55AA 3561 · flown by Envoy	5h 27m	62%	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

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 05:00 5%

IAH · 1h 14m · leaves 08:20 6%

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 10:30 8%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 47m · leaves 13:47 32%

CLT · 48m · leaves 17:50 36%

ORD · 58m · leaves 19:10 45%

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