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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 3% of the time at 12 pm and 29% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest IND TPA 2h 15m 78% 0.7% 880 Flying now
Spirit IND TPA 2h 13m 86% 2.1% 47 Not flying now
Frontier IND TPA 2h 18m 86%few flights 0.0% 21 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → IND 05:35 → BWI 07:10WN 2113 1h 20m Baltimore BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00WN 1120 5h 25m 98% 91%
UnitedDetails → IND 05:35 → IAD 07:19UA 6210 · flown by Mesa 1h 41m Dulles IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683 5h 57m 98% 89%
SouthwestDetails → IND 05:55 → AUS 07:25WN 2108 1h 15m Austin AUS 08:40 → TPA 12:05WN 411 6h 10m 100% 89%
SouthwestDetails → IND 06:40 → MDW 06:50WN 2133 2h 25m Chicago MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907 6h 10m 98% 85%
UnitedDetails → IND 06:00 → ORD 06:20UA 3479 · flown by Republic 1h 11m Chicago ORD 07:31 → TPA 11:24UA 2326 5h 24m 94% 85%
DeltaDetails → IND 06:00 → ATL 07:39DL 3105 59m Atlanta ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08DL 1227 4h 09m 95% 84%
DeltaDetails → IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901 1h 30m Atlanta ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099 4h 40m 98% 82%
UnitedDetails → IND 08:00 → ORD 08:22UA 3539 · flown by Republic 2h 57m Chicago ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834 7h 12m 98% 81%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → IND 08:00 → DEN 08:51UA 1607 49m Denver DEN 09:40 → TPA 15:14UA 1010 7h 14m 73% 64%
DeltaDetails → IND 16:19 → MSP 17:10DL 2912 1h 05m Minneapolis MSP 18:15 → TPA 22:26DL 2385 6h 07m 69% 52%
UnitedDetails → IND 15:50 → EWR 18:05UA 3469 · flown by Republic 50m Newark EWR 18:55 → TPA 21:59UA 1544 6h 09m 71% 45%

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
AUS · 1h 15m · leaves 05:55 0%
BWI · 1h 20m · leaves 05:35 2%
ATL · 1h 03m · leaves 10:07 3%
Afternoon and evening
EWR · 50m · leaves 15:50 29%
ORD · 1h 08m · leaves 16:25 30%
MSP · 1h 05m · leaves 16:19 31%

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