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 6% of the time at 9 am and 42% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


JetBlue	DCA	JFK	1h 17m	82%	5.4%	445	Flying now
Delta	DCA	JFK	1h 20m	80%	5.7%	1,043	Flying now
American	DCA	JFK	1h 29m	74%	5.2%	1,243	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	1h 52m Atlanta	ATL 09:40 → JFK 12:00DL 1034	5h 56m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:30DL 2869	2h 40m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → JFK 11:59DL 2751	5h 59m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → BOS 07:40DL 5710 · flown by Republic	1h 25m Boston	BOS 09:05 → JFK 10:24DL 5720 · flown by Republic	4h 24m	96%	79%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	1h 45m Charlotte	CLT 08:11 → JFK 10:12AA 1029	5h 12m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:59 → ATL 08:51DL 330	2h 19m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → JFK 13:29DL 2380	6h 30m	98%	77%
American Details →	DCA 08:00 → BOS 09:35AA 1556	2h 46m Boston	BOS 12:21 → JFK 13:50AA 4366 · flown by Republic	5h 50m	100%	76%
American Details →	DCA 07:40 → PIT 08:54AA 5323 · flown by PSA	3h 19m Pittsburgh	PIT 12:13 → JFK 13:55AA 4568 · flown by Republic	6h 15m	100%	76%
American Details →	DCA 06:02 → MIA 08:50AA 401	1h 05m Miami	MIA 09:55 → JFK 13:04AA 1052	7h 02m	94%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 09:00 → CVG 10:49AA 5145 · flown by PSA	1h 00m Hebron	CVG 11:49 → JFK 14:00AA 4408 · flown by Republic	5h 00m	72%	50%
American Details →	DCA 16:44 → RDU 18:11AA 5347 · flown by PSA	1h 52m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 20:03 → JFK 22:00AA 4417 · flown by Republic	5h 16m	75%	37%
Delta Details →	DCA 15:00 → MSP 16:48DL 2863	1h 22m Minneapolis	MSP 18:10 → JFK 22:09DL 5244 · flown by Endeavor	7h 09m	69%	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.

Morning

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 06:02 6%

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 08:00 10%

BOS · 57m · leaves 09:40 12%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 49m · leaves 15:20 27%

DTW · 55m · leaves 17:29 42%

BOS · 1h 11m · leaves 17:25 49%

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.


American AA 4618 DCA 06:55 → SAV JetBlue B6 142 SAV 10:49 → JFK Connection details →	1h 58m	6h 11m	100%	84%
Southwest WN 2739 DCA 06:55 → TPA Delta DL 2042 TPA 11:08 → JFK Connection details →	1h 48m	7h 04m	97%	81%
American AA 4737 DCA 06:40 → CLE Delta DL 5018 CLE 11:46 → JFK Connection details →	3h 30m	6h 50m	100%	80%

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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