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 8% of the time at 8 am and 28% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	ECP	2h 24m	74%	4.1%	388	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 12:09 → ECP 14:42AA 4534 · flown by Republic	7h 17m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 10:41 → ECP 10:50DL 3045	5h 50m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	DCA 06:00 → MCI 07:40WN 358	3h 00m Kansas City	MCI 10:40 → ECP 12:45WN 2552	7h 45m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:59 → ATL 08:51DL 330	3h 36m Atlanta	ATL 12:27 → ECP 12:31DL 1359	6h 35m	99%	81%
United Details →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	2h 19m Chicago	ORD 10:47 → ECP 13:24UA 5473 · flown by SkyWest	7h 09m	100%	78%
Delta Details →	DCA 18:25 → ATL 20:30DL 850	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 23:27 → ECP 23:37DL 3131	6h 14m	94%	76%
Delta Details →	DCA 10:16 → ATL 12:08DL 926	3h 53m Atlanta	ATL 16:01 → ECP 16:12DL 3094	6h 55m	100%	75%
Delta Details →	DCA 16:00 → ATL 17:57DL 360	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 20:05 → ECP 20:16DL 2494	5h 17m	91%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DCA 14:55 → IAH 17:14UA 1381	51m Houston	IAH 18:05 → ECP 20:01UA 4043 · flown by Mesa	6h 06m	72%	56%
American Details →	DCA 17:11 → DFW 19:41AA 1414	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:34 → ECP 22:36AA 3565 · flown by Envoy	6h 25m	61%	43%
American Details →	DCA 19:07 → CLT 20:55AA 3263	2h 00m Charlotte	CLT 22:55 → ECP 23:40AA 5633 · flown by PSA	5h 33m	71%	37%

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

DAL · 1h 15m · leaves 06:10 4%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 08:25 6%

BNA · 1h 15m · leaves 06:10 7%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 51m · leaves 14:55 28%

DFW · 53m · leaves 17:11 39%

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.


Southwest WN 4969 DCA 06:55 → ATL Delta DL 3045 ATL 10:41 → ECP Connection details →	1h 51m	4h 55m	97%	85%
United UA 1061 DCA 08:25 → ORD American AA 4534 ORD 12:09 → ECP Connection details →	2h 26m	7h 17m	98%	81%
American AA 5050 DCA 06:28 → ATL Delta DL 1359 ATL 12:27 → ECP Connection details →	3h 59m	7h 06m	98%	77%

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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