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 barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	BWI	3h 15m	73%	1.8%	276	Flying now
American	DFW	BWI	3h 05m	69%	3.3%	969	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	BWI	2h 55m	80%	0.0%	91	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Baltimore on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Baltimore 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 53m Denver	DEN 09:46 → BWI 15:17UA 1362	8h 32m	100%	87%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 18m Houston	IAH 07:40 → BWI 11:47UA 604	5h 37m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711	6h 33m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	1h 00m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → BWI 11:47DL 1546	5h 18m	94%	79%
United Details →	DFW 07:00 → IAH 08:26UA 2670	3h 50m Houston	IAH 12:16 → BWI 16:30UA 1720	8h 30m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 53m Atlanta	ATL 14:02 → BWI 15:53DL 2799	7h 58m	99%	77%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	2h 57m Charlotte	CLT 11:35 → BWI 13:03AA 846	7h 03m	99%	74%
Frontier Details →	DFW 07:00 → DTW 10:54F9 3178	1h 56m Detroit	DTW 12:50 → BWI 14:26F9 1516	6h 26m	100%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 17:59 → CLT 21:49AA 1703	56m Charlotte	CLT 22:45 → BWI 00:14 +1AA 1318	5h 15m	63%	44%
American Details →	DFW 15:39 → MIA 19:40AA 3083	1h 37m Miami	MIA 21:17 → BWI 23:54AA 3216	7h 15m	74%	41%
Frontier Details →	DFW 16:16 → ATL 19:50F9 2496	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 21:00 → BWI 23:00F9 4712	5h 44m	58%	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

IAH · 1h 18m · leaves 05:10 2%

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 05:29 6%

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 06:55 8%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 56m · leaves 17:59 37%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 16:16 42%

ORD · 56m · leaves 17:35 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.


Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 1362 DEN 09:46 → BWI Connection details →	3h 15m	8h 59m	99%	87%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2711 ATL 11:10 → BWI Connection details →	1h 57m	6h 03m	94%	82%
American AA 2366 DFW 07:00 → RDU Southwest WN 297 RDU 13:20 → BWI Connection details →	2h 34m	6h 35m	92%	79%

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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