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 13% of the time at 11 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	DFW	DAY	2h 26m	76%	2.4%	1,354	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DFW 05:00 → ORD 07:38AA 1360	1h 57m Chicago	ORD 09:35 → DAY 11:59AA 3786 · flown by Envoy	5h 59m	95%	94%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 26m Atlanta	ATL 13:35 → DAY 15:07DL 2763	7h 11m	98%	84%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	3h 09m Charlotte	CLT 11:47 → DAY 13:31AA 5490 · flown by PSA	7h 29m	99%	83%
United Details →	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114	2h 34m Chicago	ORD 15:00 → DAY 17:30UA 5810 · flown by SkyWest	6h 45m	100%	80%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 18m Dulles	IAD 12:44 → DAY 14:18UA 4241 · flown by CommuteAir	5h 58m	94%	77%
Delta Details →	DFW 10:06 → ATL 13:25DL 839	2h 52m Atlanta	ATL 16:17 → DAY 17:50DL 3088	6h 44m	98%	74%
American Details →	DFW 08:30 → ORD 11:10AA 1059	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 13:10 → DAY 15:35AA 5008 · flown by SkyWest	6h 05m	99%	73%
American Details →	DFW 11:55 → CLT 15:36AA 1696	3h 22m Charlotte	CLT 18:58 → DAY 20:40AA 5435 · flown by PSA	7h 46m	98%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 14:15 → ORD 16:57UA 2160	54m Chicago	ORD 17:51 → DAY 20:22UA 4484 · flown by GoJet	5h 07m	60%	33%
United Details →	DFW 17:47 → ORD 20:30UA 1564	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → DAY 23:49UA 4589 · flown by GoJet	5h 02m	49%	31%
American Details →	DFW 16:50 → ORD 19:44AA 2474	55m Chicago	ORD 20:39 → DAY 23:01AA 4972 · flown by SkyWest	5h 11m	49%	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 18m · leaves 07:20 6%

CLT · 1h 03m · leaves 07:00 13%

ORD · 56m · leaves 06:00 24%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 55m · leaves 16:50 51%

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 1270 DFW 06:19 → ATL Delta DL 2763 ATL 13:35 → DAY Connection details →	3h 54m	7h 47m	99%	85%
American AA 1059 DFW 08:30 → ORD United UA 5810 ORD 15:00 → DAY Connection details →	3h 50m	8h 00m	100%	78%
United UA 1695 DFW 07:08 → ORD American AA 5008 ORD 13:10 → DAY Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 27m	97%	72%

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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