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 3% of the time at 9 am and 2 times in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	FLL	DTW	3h 05m	80%	1.5%	1,814	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	DTW	3h 10m	75%	4.3%	46	Flying now
Frontier	FLL	DTW	3h 12m	53%	4.3%	116	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	DTW	3h 02m	62%	2.9%	728	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Detroit on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	FLL 07:00 → IAH 08:45UA 2314	1h 00m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	6h 42m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 47m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	2h 34m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 26m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	FLL 09:57 → ATL 11:45DL 1334	2h 02m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	5h 45m	98%	81%
JetBlue Details →	FLL 06:30 → BOS 09:42B6 690	2h 11m Boston	BOS 11:53 → DTW 14:01B6 837	7h 31m	98%	76%
American Details →	FLL 06:18 → PHL 09:06AA 444	1h 24m Philadelphia	PHL 10:30 → DTW 12:28AA 5530 · flown by PSA	6h 10m	96%	76%
American Details →	FLL 07:44 → CLT 09:53AA 2087	1h 22m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → DTW 13:01AA 1781	5h 17m	94%	75%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:00 → LGA 09:59DL 2133	2h 56m New York	LGA 12:55 → DTW 14:51DL 1122	7h 51m	99%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	FLL 18:40 → ATL 20:49DL 2345	1h 04m Atlanta	ATL 21:53 → DTW 23:57DL 651	5h 17m	72%	55%
Delta Details →	FLL 12:22 → CVG 15:01DL 2774	59m Hebron	CVG 16:00 → DTW 17:17DL 5456 · flown by Endeavor	4h 55m	74%	51%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	47m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	5h 59m	32%	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

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 07:02 2%

IAH · 1h 00m · leaves 07:00 3%

ATL · 55m · leaves 05:25 4%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 59m · leaves 19:41 42%

ORD · 47m · leaves 16:20 68%

BNA · 47m · leaves 15:15 82%

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 1874 FLL 05:40 → STL Delta DL 2868 STL 10:20 → DTW Connection details →	3h 00m	7h 15m	98%	89%
Southwest WN 429 FLL 05:30 → TPA Delta DL 808 TPA 08:30 → DTW Connection details →	1h 55m	5h 40m	94%	87%
Southwest WN 396 FLL 06:25 → BWI Delta DL 1546 BWI 12:32 → DTW Connection details →	3h 37m	7h 43m	98%	86%

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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