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 6% of the time at 11 am and 31% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


JetBlue	LAX	FLL	4h 55m	77%	1.1%	1,779	Flying now
Delta	LAX	FLL	5h 01m	73%	0.8%	363	Flying now
Spirit	LAX	FLL	4h 53m	57%	5.1%	156	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Fort Lauderdale is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	LAX 22:35 → CLE 06:10UA 2641	1h 20m Cleveland	CLE 07:30 → FLL 10:14 +1UA 715	8h 39m	97%	91%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 23m Houston	IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22UA 2261	7h 31m	97%	90%
United Details →	LAX 22:35 → ORD 04:51UA 353	2h 09m Chicago	ORD 07:00 → FLL 11:13 +1UA 1421	9h 38m	98%	89%
United Details →	LAX 21:30 → IAD 05:36UA 2632	2h 44m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07 +1UA 1825	10h 37m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	LAX 00:30 → MSP 06:10DL 2084	2h 45m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	10h 00m	98%	87%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	1h 55m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55 +1WN 4409	9h 00m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → FLL 10:00 +1DL 1094	9h 15m	99%	85%
United Details →	LAX 21:00 → EWR 05:18UA 2397	1h 42m Newark	EWR 07:00 → FLL 10:05 +1UA 1364	10h 05m	95%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 07:00 → ORD 13:14UA 1941	46m Chicago	ORD 14:00 → FLL 18:15UA 2635	8h 15m	68%	45%
Delta Details →	LAX 09:33 → ATL 16:45DL 327	1h 00m Atlanta	ATL 17:45 → FLL 19:44DL 1670	7h 11m	72%	43%
United Details →	LAX 18:45 → SFO 20:10UA 2681	1h 05m San Francisco	SFO 21:15 → FLL 05:59 +1UA 1230	8h 14m	45%	34%

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 20m · leaves 22:35 3%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 23:30 5%

IAH · 54m · leaves 05:45 6%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 05m · leaves 18:45 55%

DFW · 54m · leaves 13:53 57%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 14:10 69%

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.


United UA 1605 LAX 23:05 → BWI Southwest WN 4785 BWI 09:50 → FLL Connection details →	2h 36m	10h 15m	98%	83%
United UA 353 LAX 22:35 → ORD American AA 1851 ORD 06:59 → FLL Connection details →	2h 08m	9h 28m	94%	81%
American AA 2199 LAX 21:41 → CLT JetBlue B6 2148 CLT 09:00 → FLL Connection details →	3h 36m	10h 25m	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