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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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 8% of the time at 11 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United IAD SAT 3h 37m 88% 0.6% 686 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach San Antonio on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (San Antonio is 1 h behind Dulles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:30 → DEN 08:22UA 2031 1h 13m Denver DEN 09:35 → SAT 12:43UA 2625 7h 13m 100% 92%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:30 → IAH 08:39UA 1935 1h 00m Houston IAH 09:39 → SAT 10:46UA 6201 · flown by Mesa 5h 16m 100% 88%
UnitedDetails → IAD 08:15 → DEN 10:10UA 792 3h 34m Denver DEN 13:44 → SAT 16:55UA 1022 9h 40m 97% 87%
UnitedDetails → IAD 08:29 → EWR 09:55UA 2396 2h 25m Newark EWR 12:20 → SAT 15:21UA 515 7h 52m 99% 84%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:33 → EWR 07:52UA 2147 1h 37m Newark EWR 09:29 → SAT 12:30UA 591 6h 57m 98% 83%
UnitedDetails → IAD 06:10 → ORD 07:27UA 2070 1h 58m Chicago ORD 09:25 → SAT 12:29UA 490 7h 19m 96% 82%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → IAD 08:45 → MIA 11:35UA 1073 4h 00m Miami MIA 15:35 → SAT 17:45AA 4069 · flown by Envoy 10h 00m 99% 82%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → IAD 10:13 → DEN 12:05UA 1865 3h 35m Denver DEN 15:40 → SAT 18:56F9 2356 9h 43m 97% 80%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → IAD 17:41 → DEN 19:45UA 599 54m Denver DEN 20:39 → SAT 23:55UA 395 7h 14m 67% 44%
UnitedDetails → IAD 17:42 → ORD 18:50UA 2497 1h 08m Chicago ORD 19:58 → SAT 22:57UA 1394 6h 15m 60% 33%
AmericanDetails → IAD 19:31 → DFW 21:50AA 1904 1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:50 → SAT 23:58AA 1599 5h 27m 51% 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
IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 08:40 8%
MSP · 55m · leaves 06:00 12%
LAX · 47m · leaves 06:11 51%
Afternoon and evening
DEN · 54m · leaves 17:41 33%
ORD · 1h 08m · leaves 17:42 40%
DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 19:31 49%

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