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 7% of the time at 8 am and 32% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	JFK	DFW	4h 02m	77%	2.7%	1,440	Flying now
Delta	JFK	DFW	4h 04m	73%	5.7%	404	Flying now
Frontier	JFK	DFW	4h 02m	82%	0.7%	140	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	JFK 06:59 → AUS 10:08AA 763	3h 48m Austin	AUS 13:56 → DFW 15:10AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	9h 11m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	JFK 09:00 → LAX 12:00DL 773	1h 50m Los Angeles	LAX 13:50 → DFW 19:04DL 948	11h 04m	95%	81%
American Details →	JFK 05:55 → MIA 09:12AA 655	3h 03m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	9h 39m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	JFK 07:15 → DTW 09:25DL 5080 · flown by Endeavor	3h 20m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	8h 19m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	JFK 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2286	1h 28m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	6h 16m	95%	80%
American Details →	JFK 05:59 → CLT 07:57AA 2643	3h 33m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	8h 17m	98%	77%
American Details →	JFK 07:02 → PHX 09:18AA 2369	1h 13m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	9h 08m	89%	75%
Delta Details →	JFK 11:10 → SLC 14:18DL 917	3h 22m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:40 → DFW 21:24DL 2796	11h 14m	99%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	JFK 09:23 → DCA 10:59AA 4671 · flown by Republic	1h 00m Washington	DCA 11:59 → DFW 14:24AA 1623	6h 00m	67%	49%
American Details →	JFK 17:00 → PHX 19:31AA 2339	50m Phoenix	PHX 20:21 → DFW 00:48 +1AA 2603	8h 48m	68%	37%

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

CLT · 59m · leaves 05:59 7%

MIA · 53m · leaves 05:55 8%

PHX · 1h 13m · leaves 07:02 11%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 07m · leaves 20:00 22%

ORD · 58m · leaves 13:59 23%

PHX · 50m · leaves 17:00 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.


JetBlue B6 1601 JFK 06:38 → FLL American AA 2210 FLL 11:59 → DFW Connection details →	2h 16m	8h 34m	96%	84%
JetBlue B6 1 JFK 05:50 → FLL American AA 1866 FLL 11:43 → DFW Connection details →	2h 53m	9h 05m	99%	81%
Delta DL 1406 JFK 07:00 → AUS American AA 4095 AUS 13:56 → DFW Connection details →	3h 53m	9h 10m	99%	80%

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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