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 70-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HOU	ECP	1h 40m	70%	0.0%	357	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 05:50 → ATL 08:50WN 2622	1h 51m Atlanta	ATL 10:41 → ECP 10:50DL 3045	5h 00m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	HOU 06:00 → ATL 09:05DL 2557	3h 22m Atlanta	ATL 12:27 → ECP 12:31DL 1359	6h 34m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	HOU 13:10 → ATL 16:18DL 1195	3h 47m Atlanta	ATL 20:05 → ECP 20:16DL 2494	7h 07m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	HOU 17:12 → ATL 20:28DL 2381	2h 59m Atlanta	ATL 23:27 → ECP 23:37DL 3131	6h 27m	96%	79%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 09:45 → ATL 12:48WN 1947	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 16:01 → ECP 16:12DL 3094	6h 26m	98%	77%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:30 → MCI 09:25WN 1037	1h 15m Kansas City	MCI 10:40 → ECP 12:45WN 2552	5h 15m	92%	76%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 09:25 → AUS 10:20WN 270	2h 33m Austin	AUS 12:53 → ECP 15:14DL 3767 · flown by SkyWest	5h 47m	96%	75%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:00 → DAL 08:10WN 4	1h 15m Dallas	DAL 09:25 → ECP 11:20WN 3032	4h 20m	95%	73%

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

DAL · 1h 15m · leaves 07:00 5%

MCI · 1h 15m · leaves 07:30 8%

Afternoon and evening

DAL · 1h 10m · leaves 17:30 19%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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