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 6% of the time at 10 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	FLL	STL	2h 55m	78%	0.4%	766	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	STL	2h 56m	77%	1.7%	58	Not flying now
Frontier	FLL	STL	–	50%few flights	0.0%	4	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	FLL 06:10 → MCO 07:15WN 4824	1h 35m Orlando	MCO 08:50 → STL 10:20WN 4501	5h 10m	96%	88%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:15 → MCI 07:15WN 1540	1h 03m Kansas City	MCI 08:18 → STL 09:22WN 2585	5h 08m	95%	87%
Delta Details →	FLL 09:57 → ATL 11:45DL 1334	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 14:09 → STL 14:48DL 2700	5h 53m	99%	87%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 08:50 → DEN 11:00WN 4264	2h 25m Denver	DEN 13:25 → STL 16:33UA 1639	8h 43m	98%	85%
United Details →	FLL 07:02 → ORD 09:30UA 752	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 10:40 → STL 12:11UA 1355	6h 09m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	1h 44m Atlanta	ATL 09:04 → STL 09:43DL 1400	5h 21m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	3h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → STL 12:34DL 566	7h 00m	99%	80%
American + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 11:59 → DFW 14:12AA 2210	2h 09m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:21 → STL 18:18F9 1524	7h 19m	95%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	FLL 19:41 → CLT 21:52AA 1861	1h 03m Charlotte	CLT 22:55 → STL 23:57AA 459	5h 16m	61%	44%
Southwest Details →	FLL 18:20 → MDW 20:25WN 1870	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 21:35 → STL 22:50WN 2905	5h 30m	48%	29%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	55m Chicago	ORD 19:55 → STL 21:26UA 2144	6h 06m	45%	28%

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

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 07:02 3%

CLT · 1h 07m · leaves 07:44 6%

IAH · 1h 15m · leaves 09:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 18:20 52%

ORD · 55m · leaves 16:20 55%

HOU · 55m · leaves 20:10 79%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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