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 13% of the time at 6 am and 28% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	TPA	2h 40m	82%	1.3%	1,718	Flying now
Frontier	DTW	TPA	2h 47m	74%	0.7%	144	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	TPA	2h 43m	74%	4.3%	461	Not flying now
Southwest	DTW	TPA	–	40%few flights	0.0%	5	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	DTW 07:00 → STL 07:35WN 1783	2h 30m St Louis	STL 10:05 → TPA 13:25WN 3986	6h 25m	98%	89%
Southwest Details →	DTW 05:50 → BWI 07:20WN 4534	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00WN 1120	5h 10m	93%	88%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → IAD 07:34UA 4058 · flown by Mesa	1h 26m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683	5h 32m	92%	84%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	1h 28m Atlanta	ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08DL 1227	4h 52m	94%	83%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	1h 38m Chicago	ORD 07:31 → TPA 11:24UA 2326	5h 54m	95%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:00 → LGA 08:47DL 1487	3h 48m New York	LGA 12:35 → TPA 15:34DL 2106	8h 34m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 28m	98%	81%
United Details →	DTW 07:05 → ORD 07:42UA 5553 · flown by SkyWest	3h 37m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	8h 07m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 08:25 → ATL 10:25DL 1653	49m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	4h 20m	74%	61%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:25 → MSP 17:20DL 2203	55m Minneapolis	MSP 18:15 → TPA 22:26DL 2385	6h 01m	72%	54%
Delta Details →	DTW 12:25 → ATL 14:23DL 2188	57m Atlanta	ATL 15:20 → TPA 16:50DL 759	4h 25m	68%	48%

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

EWR · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 05:50 7%

IAD · 59m · leaves 10:13 8%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 17m · leaves 14:57 12%

DEN · 54m · leaves 15:32 21%

MSP · 55m · leaves 16:25 28%

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.


Delta DL 2884 DTW 08:50 → IAD United UA 2277 IAD 12:49 → TPA Connection details →	2h 26m	6h 25m	97%	83%
Delta DL 4456 DTW 07:30 → ORD United UA 1834 ORD 11:19 → TPA Connection details →	3h 20m	7h 42m	97%	80%
Frontier F9 1263 DTW 06:10 → ATL Delta DL 1099 ATL 11:14 → TPA Connection details →	2h 43m	6h 35m	94%	77%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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