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 38% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	XNA	3h 09m	78%	4.9%	365	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	3h 51m Houston	IAH 14:32 → XNA 16:15UA 4062 · flown by Mesa	8h 55m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → MSP 07:39DL 1193	1h 31m Minneapolis	MSP 09:10 → XNA 11:09DL 3536 · flown by SkyWest	6h 09m	94%	84%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	3h 17m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → XNA 13:41AA 3848 · flown by Envoy	7h 26m	100%	84%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → IAH 08:13UA 1450	1h 22m Houston	IAH 09:35 → XNA 11:12UA 4297 · flown by CommuteAir	6h 12m	97%	83%
Frontier Details →	DCA 07:00 → DEN 09:07F9 685	1h 43m Denver	DEN 10:50 → XNA 13:42F9 4344	7h 40m	98%	83%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	1h 39m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:01 → XNA 10:24AA 3838 · flown by Envoy	6h 23m	98%	81%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 47m Charlotte	CLT 11:44 → XNA 13:12AA 5444 · flown by PSA	7h 54m	97%	80%
American Details →	DCA 14:59 → MIA 17:48AA 2664	3h 28m Miami	MIA 21:16 → XNA 23:21AA 4049 · flown by Envoy	9h 24m	100%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DCA 12:00 → MSP 13:45DL 2958	49m Minneapolis	MSP 14:34 → XNA 16:31DL 4012 · flown by SkyWest	5h 31m	68%	50%
American Details →	DCA 12:54 → CLT 14:34AA 5022 · flown by PSA	1h 43m Charlotte	CLT 16:17 → XNA 17:53AA 5443 · flown by PSA	5h 57m	73%	43%
American Details →	DCA 20:06 → ORD 21:42AA 2903	48m Chicago	ORD 22:30 → XNA 00:27 +1AA 3960 · flown by Envoy	5h 21m	67%	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 04m · leaves 06:18 11%

ORD · 54m · leaves 06:30 12%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 52m · leaves 15:20 24%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 18:58 38%

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