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 14% of the time at 12 pm and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	DCA	MEM	2h 32m	73%	4.6%	1,126	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:30DL 2869	1h 15m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41DL 3137	4h 44m	95%	86%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	2h 44m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	6h 00m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:59 → ATL 08:51DL 330	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	6h 36m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	1h 22m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → MEM 09:27DL 2071	4h 30m	97%	83%
Southwest Details →	DCA 06:15 → HOU 08:25WN 1432	1h 23m Houston	HOU 09:48 → MEM 11:20WN 4013	6h 05m	92%	81%
American Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	1h 56m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → MEM 13:47AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	6h 22m	100%	81%
United Details →	DCA 12:59 → IAH 15:18UA 382	2h 47m Houston	IAH 18:05 → MEM 19:54UA 6167 · flown by Mesa	7h 55m	97%	80%
United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	1h 14m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MEM 13:41UA 5758 · flown by SkyWest	6h 21m	94%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 17:11 → DFW 19:41AA 1414	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:48 → MEM 22:21AA 3262	6h 10m	65%	26%
American Details →	DCA 18:58 → DFW 21:29AA 1158	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MEM 18:30 +1AA 1646	6h 05m	62%	22%
United Details →	DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193	48m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MEM 23:21UA 2317	5h 11m	38%	20%

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

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 06:30 4%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 06:59 4%

DTW · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 52m · leaves 18:25 43%

DTW · 50m · leaves 17:29 49%

ORD · 48m · leaves 19:10 62%

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 2778 ATL 12:15 → MEM Connection details →	3h 25m	6h 40m	100%	87%
United UA 2638 DCA 07:15 → ORD American AA 3675 ORD 11:56 → MEM Connection details →	3h 28m	7h 32m	100%	81%
American AA 3976 DCA 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 1681 ATL 13:36 → MEM Connection details →	3h 09m	6h 37m	95%	78%

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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