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 11 am and 1 time in 3 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DFW	BDL	3h 34m	67%	3.4%	681	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Hartford on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Hartford is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 52m Denver	DEN 09:45 → BDL 15:37UA 2643	8h 52m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	1h 21m Detroit	DTW 10:31 → BDL 12:15DL 2163	5h 46m	96%	82%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 14m Dulles	IAD 12:40 → BDL 14:06UA 632	5h 46m	93%	82%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	1h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → BDL 12:45DL 1082	6h 14m	99%	81%
American Details →	DFW 05:02 → DCA 09:03AA 1618	1h 00m Washington	DCA 10:03 → BDL 11:35AA 4754 · flown by Republic	5h 33m	88%	79%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 45m Atlanta	ATL 13:54 → BDL 16:14DL 2739	8h 19m	99%	77%
American Details →	DFW 08:30 → ORD 11:10AA 1059	2h 19m Chicago	ORD 13:29 → BDL 16:52AA 3409 · flown by Envoy	7h 23m	99%	76%
United Details →	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114	2h 34m Chicago	ORD 15:00 → BDL 18:37UA 4791 · flown by SkyWest	7h 52m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DFW 16:51 → ATL 20:19DL 2143	1h 17m Atlanta	ATL 21:36 → BDL 00:07 +1DL 1011	6h 13m	74%	53%
American Details →	DFW 09:50 → CLT 13:31AA 1857	1h 02m Charlotte	CLT 14:33 → BDL 16:32AA 1443	5h 43m	75%	51%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	48m Chicago	ORD 19:04 → BDL 22:26AA 1453	5h 56m	37%	22%

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

IAD · 1h 14m · leaves 07:20 7%

DCA · 1h 18m · leaves 07:02 7%

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 07:08 9%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 15:57 48%

MIA · 1h 04m · leaves 15:39 48%

ORD · 48m · leaves 15:30 63%

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 3173 DFW 06:15 → MCO JetBlue B6 2938 MCO 12:45 → BDL Connection details →	2h 55m	8h 25m	96%	89%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 2643 DEN 09:45 → BDL Connection details →	3h 14m	9h 19m	99%	86%
Frontier F9 3178 DFW 07:00 → DTW Delta DL 2814 DTW 14:27 → BDL Connection details →	3h 33m	8h 13m	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