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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 82% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United IAD FLL 2h 50m 84% 0.6% 709 Flying now
Frontier IAD FLL 2h 47m 53% 2.8% 72 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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41UA 1926 1h 19m Cleveland CLE 11:00 → FLL 13:45UA 2724 5h 25m 98% 87%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:30 → DEN 08:22UA 2031 1h 25m Denver DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188 9h 17m 100% 82%
DeltaDetails → IAD 06:00 → MSP 07:55DL 3996 · flown by SkyWest 1h 00m Minneapolis MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673 7h 30m 91% 82%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52UA 2147 3h 45m Newark EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677 8h 09m 100% 81%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:30 → IAH 08:39UA 1935 1h 21m Houston IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234 7h 17m 100% 81%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → IAD 08:15 → CLT 09:45UA 4063 · flown by Mesa 3h 33m Charlotte CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875 7h 05m 100% 79%
AmericanDetails → IAD 06:33 → CLT 08:00AA 1216 3h 00m Charlotte CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877 6h 29m 97% 78%
UnitedDetails → IAD 08:29 → EWR 09:55UA 2396 3h 30m Newark EWR 13:25 → FLL 16:35UA 651 8h 06m 100% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → IAD 12:29 → JFK 13:58DL 5835 · flown by Republic 1h 22m New York JFK 15:20 → FLL 18:44DL 1419 6h 15m 65% 43%
DeltaDetails → IAD 15:02 → ATL 16:54DL 2135 51m Atlanta ATL 17:45 → FLL 19:44DL 1670 4h 42m 68% 42%
UnitedDetails → IAD 15:39 → ORD 17:02UA 1393 57m Chicago ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294 6h 36m 56% 35%

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
CLE · 1h 19m · leaves 08:20 2%
ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 06:00 6%
IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 08:40 9%
Afternoon and evening
DEN · 1h 16m · leaves 14:35 9%
IAH · 1h 15m · leaves 14:53 18%
ATL · 51m · leaves 15:02 32%

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