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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 9 am and 36% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American DFW BUF 3h 00m 60% 2.9% 578 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Buffalo on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Buffalo is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
AmericanDetails → DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575 2h 32m Charlotte CLT 11:10 → BUF 12:54AA 1616 6h 55m 99% 86%
AmericanDetails → DFW 07:00 → BOS 11:47AA 1583 2h 08m Boston BOS 13:55 → BUF 15:44AA 4440 · flown by Republic 7h 44m 95% 84%
UnitedDetails → DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114 1h 29m Chicago ORD 13:55 → BUF 16:41UA 2226 5h 56m 97% 80%
DeltaDetails → DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893 3h 51m Atlanta ATL 14:00 → BUF 16:06DL 2266 8h 11m 99% 79%
UnitedDetails → DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639 1h 33m Dulles IAD 12:59 → BUF 14:25UA 4335 · flown by CommuteAir 6h 05m 96% 76%
DeltaDetails → DFW 11:16 → MSP 13:48DL 2972 1h 34m Minneapolis MSP 15:22 → BUF 18:27DL 1749 6h 11m 92% 75%
UnitedDetails → DFW 10:32 → EWR 15:07UA 2454 1h 30m Newark EWR 16:37 → BUF 18:05UA 3607 · flown by Republic 6h 33m 94% 74%
AmericanDetails → DFW 14:25 → PHL 18:52AA 1100 3h 28m Philadelphia PHL 22:20 → BUF 23:53AA 5911 · flown by Piedmont 8h 28m 94% 73%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → DFW 15:57 → CLT 19:45AA 2407 1h 20m Charlotte CLT 21:05 → BUF 22:50AA 703 5h 54m 56% 39%
AmericanDetails → DFW 12:14 → PHL 16:37AA 2947 1h 03m Philadelphia PHL 17:40 → BUF 19:12AA 6114 · flown by Piedmont 5h 58m 66% 34%
AmericanDetails → DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893 1h 03m Chicago ORD 21:32 → BUF 00:38 +1AA 403 5h 37m 44% 15%

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 · 55m · leaves 05:29 8%
PHL · 58m · leaves 07:30 18%
LGA · 49m · leaves 07:00 26%
Afternoon and evening
LGA · 1h 05m · leaves 10:30 42%
CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 15:57 44%
ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 17:35 56%

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