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 almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	RDU	3h 00m	87%	0.9%	212	Flying now
American	DFW	RDU	2h 44m	70%	2.8%	2,026	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	RDU	2h 46m	78%few flights	0.0%	27	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DFW 06:00 → BNA 08:01AA 3912 · flown by Envoy	3h 59m Nashville	BNA 12:00 → RDU 14:42AA 4639 · flown by Republic	7h 43m	100%	88%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 56m Denver	DEN 09:49 → RDU 15:16UA 2269	8h 31m	100%	88%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 53m Houston	IAH 08:15 → RDU 12:02UA 6148 · flown by Mesa	5h 52m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	6h 14m	99%	86%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	2h 26m Charlotte	CLT 11:04 → RDU 12:02AA 2363	6h 02m	99%	85%
American Details →	DFW 05:02 → DCA 09:03AA 1618	2h 21m Washington	DCA 11:24 → RDU 12:44AA 4700 · flown by Republic	6h 42m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → RDU 14:29DL 2026	6h 34m	97%	84%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → ORD 07:38AA 1360	1h 51m Chicago	ORD 09:29 → RDU 12:48AA 4756 · flown by Republic	6h 48m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 11:55 → CLT 15:36AA 1696	57m Charlotte	CLT 16:33 → RDU 17:36AA 2379	4h 41m	71%	40%
American Details →	DFW 16:13 → JFK 21:00AA 578	1h 00m New York	JFK 22:00 → RDU 00:12 +1AA 4573 · flown by Republic	6h 56m	57%	37%
American Details →	DFW 16:50 → ORD 19:44AA 2474	1h 12m Chicago	ORD 20:56 → RDU 23:59AA 2167	6h 09m	64%	34%

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%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 06:55 8%

BOS · 1h 03m · leaves 07:05 11%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 50m · leaves 16:01 49%

PHL · 53m · leaves 12:14 52%

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 15:57 53%

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 1488 ATL 11:14 → RDU Connection details →	2h 01m	5h 44m	97%	88%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 2269 DEN 09:49 → RDU Connection details →	3h 18m	8h 58m	99%	88%
Frontier F9 1270 DFW 06:19 → ATL Delta DL 2026 ATL 13:02 → RDU Connection details →	3h 21m	7h 10m	98%	85%

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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