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 6% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	DFW	PHL	3h 13m	71%	3.3%	3,191	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	PHL	3h 29m	69%	3.2%	279	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DFW 07:17 → ATL 10:28AA 3249	1h 57m Atlanta	ATL 12:25 → PHL 14:36AA 4338 · flown by Republic	6h 19m	94%	89%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 42m Denver	DEN 09:35 → PHL 15:12UA 1575	8h 27m	100%	87%
American Details →	DFW 07:00 → STL 08:46AA 1410	2h 30m St Louis	STL 11:16 → PHL 14:36AA 2720	6h 35m	97%	87%
American Details →	DFW 06:10 → PHX 06:49AA 1818	2h 05m Phoenix	PHX 08:54 → PHL 16:42AA 2300	9h 32m	100%	86%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 09m Houston	IAH 07:31 → PHL 11:58UA 2642	5h 48m	96%	84%
American Details →	DFW 12:07 → SDF 15:22AA 3758 · flown by Envoy	3h 03m Louisville	SDF 18:25 → PHL 20:30AA 4720 · flown by Republic	7h 23m	100%	83%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 29m Dulles	IAD 12:55 → PHL 14:10UA 3541 · flown by Republic	5h 50m	96%	81%
United Details →	DFW 18:45 → DEN 20:15UA 1602	3h 44m Denver	DEN 23:59 → PHL 05:31 +1UA 1214	9h 46m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 10:21 → ORF 14:22AA 2262	1h 09m Norfolk	ORF 15:31 → PHL 16:50AA 5859 · flown by Piedmont	5h 29m	73%	42%
Frontier Details →	DFW 11:49 → MCO 15:48F9 4018	47m Orlando	MCO 16:35 → PHL 19:23F9 4404	6h 31m	62%	34%
American Details →	DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	6h 21m	48%	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

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 05:10 4%

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 05:29 6%

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 06:55 7%

Afternoon and evening

TPA · 52m · leaves 13:32 61%

LAS · 55m · leaves 21:34 62%

LAX · 53m · leaves 21:36 67%

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 American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	2h 44m	7h 17m	97%	90%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 1575 DEN 09:35 → PHL Connection details →	3h 04m	8h 54m	99%	87%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2279 ATL 11:21 → PHL Connection details →	2h 08m	6h 26m	98%	83%

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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