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 10 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	CVG	2h 21m	73%	1.5%	197	Flying now
American	DFW	CVG	2h 16m	69%	3.1%	1,510	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Hebron on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Hebron 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 → CVG 14:27UA 1978	7h 42m	100%	91%
United Details →	DFW 06:01 → EWR 10:30UA 1847	2h 51m Newark	EWR 13:21 → CVG 15:33UA 3473 · flown by Republic	8h 32m	100%	90%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → ORD 07:38AA 1360	2h 52m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → CVG 13:01AA 4412 · flown by Republic	7h 01m	95%	85%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 08m Houston	IAH 07:30 → CVG 10:59UA 6312 · flown by Mesa	4h 49m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1276	3h 20m Minneapolis	MSP 12:50 → CVG 15:40DL 3113	7h 40m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	1h 17m Atlanta	ATL 09:59 → CVG 11:25DL 3160	4h 56m	97%	80%
American Details →	DFW 08:30 → ORD 11:10AA 1059	2h 05m Chicago	ORD 13:15 → CVG 15:41AA 4143 · flown by Envoy	6h 11m	99%	79%
United Details →	DFW 07:08 → ORD 09:50UA 1695	3h 09m Chicago	ORD 12:59 → CVG 15:30UA 4388 · flown by GoJet	7h 22m	99%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 12:17 → BOS 17:07AA 1577	1h 13m Boston	BOS 18:20 → CVG 21:00AA 3408 · flown by Envoy	7h 43m	72%	49%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CVG 22:00AA 3690 · flown by Envoy	5h 30m	61%	43%
American Details →	DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893	1h 31m Chicago	ORD 22:00 → CVG 00:30 +1AA 4776 · flown by Republic	5h 55m	63%	40%

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

ATL · 1h 17m · leaves 05:30 3%

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 05:10 4%

PHL · 1h 18m · leaves 05:05 6%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 46m · leaves 13:55 31%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:47 51%

PHL · 48m · leaves 14:25 52%

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 1978 DEN 09:40 → CVG Connection details →	3h 09m	8h 09m	99%	91%
American AA 2152 DFW 07:17 → MSP Delta DL 3113 MSP 12:50 → CVG Connection details →	3h 09m	7h 23m	98%	84%
American AA 3401 DFW 07:00 → AUS Delta DL 5005 AUS 10:30 → CVG Connection details →	2h 26m	6h 12m	99%	81%

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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