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 → MEM flights land within a few points of 3 in 4 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	HOU	MEM	1h 30m	75%	1.3%	830	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Memphis 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	3h 25m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	6h 45m	100%	87%
Southwest Details →	HOU 06:25 → MDW 08:50WN 2039	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → MEM 11:40WN 2824	5h 15m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	HOU 06:00 → ATL 09:05DL 2557	1h 05m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37DL 2937	4h 37m	93%	79%
American Details →	HOU 10:18 → DFW 11:43AA 5071 · flown by PSA	3h 27m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	6h 31m	95%	79%
Southwest Details →	HOU 08:00 → DAL 09:10WN 8	3h 15m Dallas	DAL 12:25 → MEM 13:50WN 888	5h 50m	100%	76%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	HOU 09:45 → ATL 12:48WN 1947	2h 20m Atlanta	ATL 15:08 → MEM 15:31DL 1700	5h 45m	96%	76%
American Details →	HOU 09:30 → DFW 10:59AA 3573 · flown by Envoy	1h 38m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	4h 46m	92%	75%
Delta Details →	HOU 13:10 → ATL 16:18DL 1195	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → MEM 20:36DL 2001	7h 26m	98%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	HOU 12:46 → DFW 14:09AA 6413 · flown by SkyWest	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	4h 03m	74%	59%
American Details →	HOU 10:18 → DFW 11:43AA 5071 · flown by PSA	54m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	3h 58m	64%	53%

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 06:00 7%

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