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 2% of the time at 12 pm and 22% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	IND	RSW	2h 25m	80%	0.7%	806	Flying now
Frontier	IND	RSW	–	100%few flights	50.0%	2	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Myers on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	IND 08:00 → ORD 08:22UA 3539 · flown by Republic	2h 13m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → RSW 14:44UA 1102	6h 44m	98%	90%
United Details →	IND 05:35 → IAD 07:19UA 3997 · flown by Mesa	56m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → RSW 10:53UA 1406	5h 18m	97%	88%
United Details →	IND 07:00 → IAH 08:28UA 2358	3h 51m Houston	IAH 12:19 → RSW 15:52UA 1361	8h 52m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901	3h 09m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → RSW 14:35DL 1196	6h 29m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	IND 07:00 → MSP 07:50DL 2757	1h 39m Minneapolis	MSP 09:29 → RSW 13:53DL 2400	6h 53m	97%	83%
American Details →	IND 05:36 → ORD 06:00AA 4362 · flown by Republic	50m Chicago	ORD 06:50 → RSW 10:45AA 2433	5h 09m	88%	82%
Southwest Details →	IND 06:40 → MDW 06:50WN 2133	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → RSW 12:45WN 3481	6h 05m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	IND 06:00 → ATL 07:39DL 3105	2h 46m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → RSW 12:14DL 1153	6h 14m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	IND 16:33 → ATL 18:15DL 3138	1h 12m Atlanta	ATL 19:27 → RSW 21:12DL 1736	4h 39m	75%	50%
American Details →	IND 16:49 → PHL 18:49AA 5592 · flown by PSA	1h 11m Philadelphia	PHL 20:00 → RSW 22:57AA 2571	6h 08m	74%	40%

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 10m · leaves 10:07 2%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 05:35 5%

IAD · 56m · leaves 05:35 7%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 1h 01m · leaves 15:50 22%

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 16:33 25%

PHL · 1h 11m · leaves 16:49 26%

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.


American AA 4597 IND 06:40 → ORD United UA 1102 ORD 10:35 → RSW Connection details →	3h 14m	8h 04m	97%	88%
Southwest WN 2119 IND 13:10 → DEN United UA 2348 DEN 16:04 → RSW Connection details →	2h 14m	8h 40m	96%	69%
Delta DL 5628 IND 11:05 → BOS JetBlue B6 2065 BOS 16:20 → RSW Connection details →	2h 48m	8h 45m	99%	67%

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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