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 2% of the time at 7 am and almost half the time at 11 pm.

Nonstops


United	EWR	AUS	4h 01m	81%	2.3%	1,762	Flying now
Spirit	EWR	AUS	4h 12m	70%	6.5%	322	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Austin on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Austin is 1 h behind Newark). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366	1h 08m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → AUS 10:56UA 637	5h 56m	98%	88%
American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	3h 21m Charlotte	CLT 10:18 → AUS 12:11AA 1419	8h 10m	98%	83%
United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	1h 20m Denver	DEN 10:05 → AUS 13:20UA 1026	7h 50m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	EWR 07:05 → ATL 09:22DL 1673	2h 54m Atlanta	ATL 12:16 → AUS 13:39DL 2104	7h 34m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → AUS 12:25DL 2011	7h 26m	95%	80%
United Details →	EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438	2h 15m Houston	IAH 12:05 → AUS 13:12UA 1859	7h 07m	99%	80%
American Details →	EWR 05:51 → DFW 08:40AA 2728	3h 40m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → AUS 13:25AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	8h 34m	99%	79%
United Details →	EWR 14:15 → LAX 17:13UA 2191	1h 32m Los Angeles	LAX 18:45 → AUS 23:59UA 5456 · flown by SkyWest	10h 44m	88%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	EWR 15:25 → ATL 17:54DL 2312	1h 05m Atlanta	ATL 18:59 → AUS 20:27DL 1170	5h 58m	74%	51%
United Details →	EWR 16:45 → ORD 18:34UA 661	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 19:58 → AUS 22:54UA 312	7h 09m	72%	46%
American Details →	EWR 17:10 → DFW 20:10AA 1810	1h 25m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:35 → AUS 22:39AA 972	6h 29m	61%	32%

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

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 06:30 1%

IAD · 1h 08m · leaves 06:00 2%

ORD · 1h 19m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 46m · leaves 12:36 23%

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 18:59 32%

SFO · 1h 00m · leaves 19:20 48%

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.


United UA 3683 EWR 06:15 → IND Delta DL 4101 IND 11:34 → AUS Connection details →	3h 11m	7h 58m	99%	89%
United UA 1012 EWR 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2011 ATL 11:05 → AUS Connection details →	2h 42m	7h 26m	100%	85%
United UA 1712 EWR 06:40 → DFW American AA 4095 DFW 12:20 → AUS Connection details →	2h 56m	7h 45m	100%	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