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 7% of the time at 11 am and 36% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DFW	LGA	3h 29m	73%	4.8%	1,902	Flying now
American	DFW	LGA	3h 24m	65%	4.7%	4,300	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	LGA	3h 42m	61%	5.8%	292	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	LGA	3h 23m	65%	6.6%	211	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York 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	1h 10m Denver	DEN 08:03 → LGA 13:57UA 1442	7h 12m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	7h 14m	99%	80%
American Details →	DFW 07:10 → XNA 08:38AA 5442 · flown by PSA	1h 19m Fayetteville/Springdale/	XNA 09:57 → LGA 14:03AA 4620 · flown by Republic	5h 53m	95%	79%
American Details →	DFW 07:00 → CLT 10:44AA 317	2h 23m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	7h 05m	98%	77%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 43m Houston	IAH 08:05 → LGA 12:40UA 2133	6h 30m	99%	76%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:29 → DTW 09:10DL 2183	55m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → LGA 11:50DL 2589	5h 21m	92%	75%
American Details →	DFW 06:00 → ATL 09:13AA 3390 · flown by Envoy	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 12:06 → LGA 14:29AA 4606 · flown by Republic	7h 31m	100%	73%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 13:30 → LGA 15:49DL 460	7h 54m	98%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 09:35 → ORD 12:14AA 1290	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 13:14 → LGA 16:34AA 1478	5h 59m	69%	40%
American Details →	DFW 11:55 → CLT 15:36AA 1696	54m Charlotte	CLT 16:30 → LGA 18:29AA 1722	5h 38m	68%	35%
American Details →	DFW 12:45 → MIA 16:43AA 3117	1h 07m Miami	MIA 17:50 → LGA 20:58AA 3128	7h 13m	58%	20%

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

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 05:45 2%

XNA · 1h 19m · leaves 07:10 5%

IAD · 1h 14m · leaves 07:20 7%

Afternoon and evening

RIC · 58m · leaves 14:37 51%

MIA · 1h 00m · leaves 15:39 54%

MSY · 49m · leaves 15:39 76%

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 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 467 ATL 11:30 → LGA Connection details →	2h 17m	6h 44m	98%	82%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 2446 DEN 09:49 → LGA Connection details →	3h 18m	9h 28m	99%	80%
American AA 3788 DFW 07:25 → SDF Delta DL 5637 SDF 14:13 → LGA Connection details →	3h 34m	8h 04m	98%	76%

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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