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 5% of the time at 6 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	CLE	2h 52m	82%	0.6%	165	Flying now
American	DFW	CLE	2h 40m	65%	2.6%	1,454	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Cleveland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Cleveland 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 47m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CLE 14:36UA 619	7h 51m	100%	95%
United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	3h 49m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	9h 08m	100%	90%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	58m Houston	IAH 07:20 → CLE 11:14UA 544	5h 04m	95%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 27m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	7h 28m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	7h 08m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	DFW 07:05 → BOS 11:57DL 2351	2h 57m Boston	BOS 14:54 → CLE 17:06DL 5641 · flown by Republic	9h 01m	98%	81%
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	3h 32m Houston	IAH 14:35 → CLE 18:30UA 1934	7h 44m	97%	80%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → ORD 07:38AA 1360	3h 52m Chicago	ORD 11:30 → CLE 14:02AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	8h 02m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 17:15 → IAD 21:24UA 1240	51m Dulles	IAD 22:15 → CLE 23:44UA 2131	5h 29m	70%	58%
United Details →	DFW 17:47 → ORD 20:30UA 1564	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → CLE 23:49UA 457	5h 02m	49%	26%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CLE 21:55AA 1934	5h 30m	61%	25%

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 19m · leaves 07:20 5%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 05:30 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:47 51%

IAH · 47m · leaves 16:01 55%

CLT · 55m · leaves 15:57 68%

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 619 DEN 09:40 → CLE Connection details →	3h 09m	8h 18m	99%	95%
Frontier F9 2549 DFW 09:07 → DEN United UA 2476 DEN 13:55 → CLE Connection details →	3h 30m	8h 46m	99%	87%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 775 ATL 11:52 → CLE Connection details →	2h 39m	6h 38m	100%	85%

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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