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 7 am and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	FLL	MCI	3h 20m	76%	0.7%	412	Flying now
Spirit	FLL	MCI	3h 26m	75%	3.6%	139	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	FLL 06:00 → DFW 08:16AA 1232	1h 44m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → MCI 11:44AA 3661 · flown by Envoy	6h 44m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	1h 00m Atlanta	ATL 08:20 → MCI 09:31DL 2471	5h 06m	97%	87%
Southwest Details →	FLL 05:40 → STL 07:20WN 1874	50m St Louis	STL 08:10 → MCI 09:15WN 3943	4h 35m	91%	86%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:40 → ATL 09:39DL 1326	3h 45m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 52m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	1h 39m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	5h 46m	98%	85%
United Details →	FLL 09:00 → IAH 10:45UA 722	3h 50m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MCI 16:47UA 3987 · flown by Mesa	8h 47m	99%	85%
United Details →	FLL 07:00 → IAH 08:45UA 2314	3h 20m Houston	IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa	8h 15m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:00 → DTW 08:59DL 2631	3h 26m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → MCI 13:24DL 2741	8h 25m	99%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	FLL 15:57 → PHL 18:53AA 1855	1h 12m Philadelphia	PHL 20:05 → MCI 22:24AA 2901	7h 27m	64%	43%
American Details →	FLL 17:07 → PHX 18:44AA 441	48m Phoenix	PHX 19:32 → MCI 00:13 +1AA 623	8h 06m	50%	34%
United Details →	FLL 17:44 → EWR 20:55UA 279	48m Newark	EWR 21:43 → MCI 23:59UA 1399	7h 15m	59%	33%

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

ATL · 1h 00m · leaves 05:25 3%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 09:00 6%

STL · 50m · leaves 05:40 9%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 48m · leaves 17:07 50%

HOU · 1h 10m · leaves 20:10 59%

BNA · 55m · leaves 15:15 60%

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 4264 FLL 08:50 → DEN United UA 586 DEN 13:40 → MCI Connection details →	2h 40m	8h 32m	98%	86%
United UA 1311 FLL 08:00 → DEN Southwest WN 351 DEN 12:30 → MCI Connection details →	2h 12m	8h 05m	97%	85%
Delta DL 1215 FLL 06:30 → ATL Southwest WN 3931 ATL 10:55 → MCI Connection details →	2h 29m	6h 30m	98%	83%

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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