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 7% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 3 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	RSW	2h 47m	76%	2.5%	831	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	2h 07m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → RSW 14:44UA 1102	7h 29m	100%	92%
United Details →	DCA 08:20 → IAH 10:41UA 697	1h 38m Houston	IAH 12:19 → RSW 15:52UA 1361	7h 32m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → MSP 07:39DL 1193	1h 50m Minneapolis	MSP 09:29 → RSW 13:53DL 2400	7h 53m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	DCA 08:00 → ATL 09:52DL 343	3h 01m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → RSW 14:35DL 1196	6h 34m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → RSW 12:14DL 1153	6h 14m	99%	77%
Delta Details →	DCA 09:39 → DTW 11:14DL 1558	3h 18m Detroit	DTW 14:32 → RSW 17:27DL 1225	7h 48m	99%	74%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:30DL 2869	59m Detroit	DTW 08:29 → RSW 11:22DL 1797	5h 22m	93%	74%
JetBlue Details →	DCA 06:15 → JFK 07:27B6 254	1h 02m New York	JFK 08:29 → RSW 11:37B6 1529	5h 22m	91%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	DCA 08:00 → STL 09:10WN 4853	55m St Louis	STL 10:05 → RSW 13:35WN 4940	5h 35m	73%	63%
Delta Details →	DCA 12:17 → ATL 14:07DL 380	47m Atlanta	ATL 14:54 → RSW 16:39DL 1379	4h 22m	70%	49%
Southwest Details →	DCA 16:10 → BNA 17:10WN 1900	1h 35m Nashville	BNA 18:45 → RSW 21:50WN 658	5h 45m	74%	26%

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

DTW · 59m · leaves 06:00 7%

JFK · 1h 02m · leaves 06:15 9%

ORD · 52m · leaves 08:25 13%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 08m · leaves 14:00 24%

EWR · 1h 03m · leaves 16:30 40%

MCO · 55m · leaves 17:25 78%

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 3976 DCA 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 1196 ATL 12:53 → RSW Connection details →	2h 26m	6h 14m	91%	76%
Delta DL 5229 DCA 09:13 → CVG Frontier F9 1318 CVG 14:48 → RSW Connection details →	3h 53m	8h 03m	99%	72%
American AA 5467 DCA 07:59 → IAH United UA 1361 IAH 12:19 → RSW Connection details →	2h 01m	7h 53m	87%	71%

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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