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

Nonstops


Southwest	FLL	AUS	3h 05m	73%	0.5%	368	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	AUS	3h 04m	52%	1.1%	455	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	AUS	3h 14m	60%	7.0%	343	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 Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	FLL 05:00 → HOU 06:30WN 1861	2h 55m Houston	HOU 09:25 → AUS 10:20WN 270	6h 20m	95%	88%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:40 → STL 07:20WN 1874	1h 05m St Louis	STL 08:25 → AUS 10:25WN 3884	5h 45m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	2h 39m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → AUS 12:25DL 2011	6h 56m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	50m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → AUS 09:30DL 2976	5h 05m	93%	84%
United Details →	FLL 07:55 → EWR 10:59UA 2330	1h 21m Newark	EWR 12:20 → AUS 15:16UA 1155	8h 21m	99%	82%
Southwest Details →	FLL 06:10 → MDW 08:10WN 1866	1h 38m Chicago	MDW 09:48 → AUS 12:22WN 2727	7h 13m	100%	82%
American Details →	FLL 07:00 → DFW 09:17AA 2558	3h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → AUS 13:25AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	7h 25m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:40 → ATL 09:39DL 1326	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 12:16 → AUS 13:39DL 2104	6h 59m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	FLL 17:07 → PHX 18:44AA 441	1h 00m Phoenix	PHX 19:44 → AUS 23:57AA 691	7h 50m	64%	45%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	58m Chicago	ORD 19:58 → AUS 22:54UA 312	7h 34m	49%	32%
American Details →	FLL 17:28 → ORD 19:59AA 2440	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 21:16 → AUS 23:59AA 935	7h 31m	47%	20%

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

STL · 1h 05m · leaves 05:40 3%

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 06:30 4%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 09:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 18:20 52%

ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 17:28 53%

HOU · 1h 10m · leaves 20:10 59%

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.


Southwest WN 1540 FLL 05:15 → MCI Delta DL 3650 MCI 10:02 → AUS Connection details →	2h 47m	7h 56m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 4264 FLL 08:50 → DEN United UA 2270 DEN 13:44 → AUS Connection details →	2h 44m	9h 08m	98%	81%
JetBlue B6 518 FLL 06:15 → ATL Delta DL 2011 ATL 11:05 → AUS Connection details →	2h 55m	7h 11m	91%	80%

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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