Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s HOU → FLL flights land within a few points of 2 in 3 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HOU	FLL	2h 20m	67%	0.4%	809	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 05:30 → DEN 06:55WN 1970	2h 52m Denver	DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188	9h 17m	100%	82%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 05:50 → ATL 08:50WN 2622	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → FLL 13:22DL 2063	6h 32m	100%	78%
Delta Details →	HOU 06:00 → ATL 09:05DL 2557	1h 20m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:26DL 1512	5h 26m	95%	75%
Southwest Details →	HOU 07:10 → BNA 09:10WN 1954	2h 15m Nashville	BNA 11:25 → FLL 14:45WN 4847	6h 35m	98%	74%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 12:55 → DEN 14:25WN 3069	3h 20m Denver	DEN 17:45 → FLL 23:49UA 1374	9h 54m	96%	74%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 09:45 → ATL 12:48WN 1947	3h 56m Atlanta	ATL 16:44 → FLL 18:42DL 1295	7h 58m	100%	69%
Delta Details →	HOU 13:10 → ATL 16:18DL 1195	3h 40m Atlanta	ATL 19:58 → FLL 21:55DL 1489	7h 45m	97%	64%
Delta Details →	HOU 10:16 → ATL 13:20DL 1509	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 15:28 → FLL 17:25DL 2345	6h 09m	97%	64%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	HOU 16:35 → MCO 20:05WN 2035	1h 25m Orlando	MCO 21:30 → FLL 22:40WN 1459	5h 10m	72%	44%
American Details →	HOU 16:14 → DFW 17:38AA 5002 · flown by SkyWest	1h 17m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	5h 38m	65%	30%
Southwest Details →	HOU 15:58 → MDW 18:22WN 2042	1h 13m Chicago	MDW 19:35 → FLL 23:30WN 2777	6h 37m	44%	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

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 06:00 5%

STL · 50m · leaves 07:20 24%

DFW · 46m · leaves 09:30 33%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 00m · leaves 17:12 23%

DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 16:14 35%

MDW · 1h 13m · leaves 15:58 56%

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