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 50-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	FLL	SFO	6h 24m	85%	0.2%	491	Flying now
JetBlue	FLL	SFO	5h 56m	75%	0.3%	754	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach San Francisco on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (San Francisco is 3 h behind Fort Lauderdale). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	FLL 08:40 → IAD 11:14UA 2169	3h 37m Dulles	IAD 14:51 → SFO 17:38UA 2862	11h 58m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	1h 05m Atlanta	ATL 08:25 → SFO 10:20DL 693	8h 00m	97%	77%
United Details →	FLL 17:00 → IAH 18:56UA 1696	3h 03m Houston	IAH 21:59 → SFO 00:05 +1UA 1609	10h 05m	96%	76%
United Details →	FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311	3h 07m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SFO 15:09UA 1812	10h 09m	99%	75%
United Details →	FLL 07:55 → EWR 10:59UA 2330	2h 31m Newark	EWR 13:30 → SFO 16:28UA 1227	11h 33m	100%	71%
American Details →	FLL 15:57 → PHL 18:53AA 1855	2h 57m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → SFO 00:59 +1AA 3295	12h 02m	93%	70%
Delta Details →	FLL 07:40 → ATL 09:39DL 1326	3h 17m Atlanta	ATL 12:56 → SFO 14:50DL 750	10h 14m	98%	70%
Delta Details →	FLL 08:05 → SEA 11:35DL 356	2h 55m Seattle	SEA 14:30 → SFO 16:50DL 3707 · flown by SkyWest	11h 45m	99%	68%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	FLL 15:57 → PHL 18:53AA 1855	53m Philadelphia	PHL 19:46 → SFO 23:10AA 3166	10h 13m	49%	26%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 20:04 → SFO 22:57UA 1495	9h 37m	56%	25%
American Details →	FLL 17:28 → ORD 19:59AA 2440	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 21:00 → SFO 23:58AA 3054	9h 14m	33%	10%

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 05m · leaves 05:25 3%

STL · 55m · leaves 05:40 3%

JFK · 1h 15m · leaves 07:06 5%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 56m · leaves 17:29 60%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 18:20 61%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 17:28 67%

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 1401 FLL 12:00 → LAX United UA 233 LAX 17:10 → SFO Connection details →	2h 55m	9h 38m	97%	80%
JetBlue B6 2179 FLL 09:45 → IAH United UA 589 IAH 15:30 → SFO Connection details →	3h 43m	10h 50m	100%	77%
JetBlue B6 690 FLL 06:30 → BOS United UA 1074 BOS 11:35 → SFO Connection details →	1h 53m	11h 32m	95%	76%

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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