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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	FLL	IAH	2h 58m	88%	0.7%	1,830	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	IAH	3h 02m	66%	4.3%	69	Flying now
Frontier	FLL	IAH	2h 54m	50%	3.0%	134	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	IAH	2h 56m	72%	1.9%	783	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	FLL 07:55 → EWR 10:59UA 2330	1h 37m Newark	EWR 12:36 → IAH 15:34UA 2204	8h 39m	99%	87%
United Details →	FLL 07:02 → ORD 09:30UA 752	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 12:40 → IAH 15:40UA 1448	9h 38m	100%	86%
United Details →	FLL 11:20 → CLE 14:05UA 2067	1h 06m Cleveland	CLE 15:11 → IAH 17:25UA 1545	7h 05m	94%	84%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:40 → ATL 09:39DL 1326	2h 51m Atlanta	ATL 12:30 → IAH 13:38DL 1572	6h 58m	98%	83%
United Details →	FLL 08:40 → IAD 11:14UA 2169	1h 36m Dulles	IAD 12:50 → IAH 15:11UA 1535	7h 31m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	1h 39m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → IAH 11:18DL 1682	5h 48m	98%	79%
United Details →	FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311	1h 16m Denver	DEN 11:34 → IAH 15:09UA 1599	8h 09m	96%	74%
United Details →	FLL 12:26 → ORD 14:55UA 1755	2h 50m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → IAH 20:50UA 1954	9h 24m	97%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	FLL 15:04 → DFW 17:22AA 1863	1h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:36 → IAH 19:54AA 1392	5h 50m	69%	32%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	1h 02m Chicago	ORD 20:02 → IAH 22:59UA 2813	7h 39m	54%	29%
American Details →	FLL 17:28 → ORD 19:59AA 2440	1h 08m Chicago	ORD 21:07 → IAH 23:51AA 3144	7h 23m	39%	19%

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 16m · leaves 08:00 4%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 06:00 6%

EWR · 54m · leaves 06:55 8%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 50m · leaves 19:46 41%

PHL · 1h 02m · leaves 15:57 45%

ORD · 1h 08m · leaves 17:28 61%

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.


JetBlue B6 1480 FLL 07:27 → DCA United UA 382 DCA 12:59 → IAH Connection details →	3h 00m	8h 51m	99%	88%
Delta DL 1215 FLL 06:30 → ATL United UA 425 ATL 11:37 → IAH Connection details →	3h 11m	7h 17m	98%	87%
Southwest WN 429 FLL 05:30 → TPA United UA 2319 TPA 09:15 → IAH Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 12m	94%	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