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 9 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	EWR	3h 40m	83%	1.1%	87	Flying now
United	DFW	EWR	3h 29m	77%	2.7%	1,819	Flying now
American	DFW	EWR	3h 31m	66%	3.9%	1,439	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	EWR	3h 25m	67%	4.6%	260	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DFW 18:45 → DEN 20:15UA 1602	3h 44m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	9h 55m	97%	87%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	2h 05m Charlotte	CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819	6h 37m	99%	84%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	3h 09m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	9h 15m	100%	82%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	58m Houston	IAH 07:20 → EWR 11:59UA 1886	5h 49m	95%	81%
American Details →	DFW 19:14 → PHX 19:43AA 818	2h 31m Phoenix	PHX 22:14 → EWR 06:00 +1AA 2156	9h 46m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	1h 21m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	5h 54m	97%	77%
Delta Details →	DFW 18:12 → SLC 20:00DL 2812	3h 38m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:38 → EWR 06:00 +1DL 2038	10h 43m	92%	77%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	1h 05m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → EWR 11:59DL 2577	5h 30m	95%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 16:01 → IAH 17:18UA 2682	1h 00m Houston	IAH 18:18 → EWR 23:00UA 404	5h 59m	67%	42%
American Details →	DFW 09:35 → ORD 12:14AA 1290	56m Chicago	ORD 13:10 → EWR 16:30AA 1936	5h 55m	67%	40%
American Details →	DFW 14:25 → MIA 18:24AA 1167	1h 23m Miami	MIA 19:47 → EWR 22:53AA 322	7h 30m	66%	29%

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

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 05:29 5%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

IAD · 1h 09m · leaves 07:20 8%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 00m · leaves 16:01 33%

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 17:47 40%

DEN · 50m · leaves 16:50 46%

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 575 DFW 05:00 → CLT United UA 3448 CLT 11:10 → EWR Connection details →	2h 32m	7h 16m	98%	83%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 1423 DEN 10:02 → EWR Connection details →	3h 31m	9h 42m	99%	82%
American AA 3401 DFW 07:00 → AUS United UA 1499 AUS 10:09 → EWR Connection details →	2h 05m	7h 00m	96%	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