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 90-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	DFW	TUS	2h 26m	69%	3.2%	2,148	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	TUS	2h 31m	80%	2.4%	42	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tucson on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Tucson is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	DFW 13:40 → PHX 14:08AA 2113	2h 57m Phoenix	PHX 17:05 → TUS 17:54AA 4126 · flown by Envoy	6h 14m	99%	87%
American Details →	DFW 06:00 → LAX 07:13AA 2005	3h 15m Los Angeles	LAX 10:28 → TUS 12:03AA 6376 · flown by SkyWest	8h 03m	100%	84%
American Details →	DFW 10:50 → PHX 11:19AA 2990	2h 16m Phoenix	PHX 13:35 → TUS 14:28AA 6373 · flown by SkyWest	5h 38m	99%	82%
United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	1h 24m Denver	DEN 11:30 → TUS 12:32UA 1188	5h 47m	95%	81%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	3h 10m Houston	IAH 09:32 → TUS 10:07UA 6219 · flown by Mesa	6h 57m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	1h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:35 → TUS 12:19DL 937	7h 24m	95%	79%
American Details →	DFW 06:10 → PHX 06:49AA 1818	3h 16m Phoenix	PHX 10:05 → TUS 11:07AA 6369 · flown by SkyWest	6h 57m	100%	79%
American Details →	DFW 11:41 → LAX 12:53AA 2041	2h 44m Los Angeles	LAX 15:37 → TUS 17:10AA 6372 · flown by SkyWest	7h 29m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DFW 16:50 → DEN 18:20UA 1303	50m Denver	DEN 19:10 → TUS 20:12UA 1762	5h 22m	54%	37%
American Details →	DFW 14:30 → PHX 14:57AA 2108	59m Phoenix	PHX 15:56 → TUS 16:50AA 6368 · flown by SkyWest	4h 20m	58%	34%
American Details →	DFW 16:50 → ORD 19:44AA 2474	1h 16m Chicago	ORD 21:00 → TUS 22:43AA 2661	7h 53m	67%	27%

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

PHX · 1h 05m · leaves 07:08 15%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 06:00 18%

IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 07:00 21%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 16:50 33%

DEN · 50m · leaves 16:50 46%

PHX · 48m · leaves 20:30 57%

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 1523 DFW 07:04 → DEN United UA 1188 DEN 11:30 → TUS Connection details →	3h 22m	7h 28m	98%	84%
American AA 2005 DFW 06:00 → LAX Delta DL 3766 LAX 09:30 → TUS Connection details →	2h 17m	7h 09m	92%	83%
American AA 520 DFW 08:55 → PHX Southwest WN 1599 PHX 13:25 → TUS Connection details →	3h 56m	7h 15m	96%	79%

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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