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 4% of the time at 6 am and 45% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	DFW	TPA	2h 39m	86%	2.3%	264	Flying now
American	DFW	TPA	2h 29m	66%	3.3%	2,608	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	TPA	2h 35m	53%few flights	2.9%	35	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 03m Houston	IAH 07:25 → TPA 10:45UA 1353	4h 35m	96%	88%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 47m Denver	DEN 09:40 → TPA 15:14UA 1010	8h 29m	100%	87%
American Details →	DFW 06:10 → PHX 06:49AA 1818	1h 55m Phoenix	PHX 08:44 → TPA 15:59AA 2772	8h 49m	100%	81%
United Details →	DFW 07:20 → IAD 11:26UA 2639	1h 23m Dulles	IAD 12:49 → TPA 15:15UA 2277	6h 55m	95%	80%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 15m	99%	79%
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	3h 31m Houston	IAH 14:34 → TPA 17:55UA 2812	7h 09m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 12:46 → TPA 14:13DL 1525	6h 17m	97%	76%
United Details →	DFW 07:08 → ORD 09:50UA 1695	1h 29m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	7h 04m	94%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 06:00 → ORD 08:39AA 3075	51m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → TPA 13:21AA 2920	6h 21m	71%	55%
American Details →	DFW 18:10 → MIA 22:05AA 2206	1h 08m Miami	MIA 23:13 → TPA 00:19 +1AA 1714	5h 09m	62%	42%
American Details →	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 19:17 → TPA 21:52AA 353	6h 37m	50%	31%

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

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 05:30 3%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 05:10 4%

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 05:29 5%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 57m · leaves 10:30 48%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 15:30 50%

MIA · 57m · leaves 12:45 54%

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 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 1010 DEN 09:40 → TPA Connection details →	3h 09m	8h 56m	99%	87%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 1099 ATL 11:14 → TPA Connection details →	2h 01m	5h 45m	97%	80%
Frontier F9 3178 DFW 07:00 → DTW Delta DL 1243 DTW 14:05 → TPA Connection details →	3h 11m	8h 47m	100%	77%

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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