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 5% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LGA	FLL	3h 09m	73%	3.6%	1,594	Flying now
American	LGA	FLL	3h 11m	71%	3.7%	535	Flying now
JetBlue	LGA	FLL	3h 05m	66%	3.9%	1,644	Flying now
Spirit	LGA	FLL	3h 11m	71%	6.5%	919	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	3h 02m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	7h 02m	99%	80%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAD 07:26UA 3656 · flown by Republic	54m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825	5h 07m	92%	78%
American Details →	LGA 07:55 → CLT 10:01AA 1023	3h 17m Charlotte	CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875	7h 25m	99%	76%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAH 08:44UA 2371	1h 16m Houston	IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234	7h 47m	95%	75%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:26DL 1512	6h 26m	98%	75%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342	2h 05m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → FLL 13:22DL 2063	6h 23m	99%	74%
United Details →	LGA 10:15 → IAH 13:06UA 2617	1h 14m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	7h 52m	91%	74%
United Details →	LGA 12:31 → IAH 15:22UA 692	1h 13m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 51m	86%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LGA 14:51 → IAD 16:35UA 3688 · flown by Republic	1h 07m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379	5h 41m	67%	52%
American Details →	LGA 15:00 → DFW 18:05AA 1043	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	7h 52m	57%	25%
Frontier Details →	LGA 18:48 → ATL 21:41F9 3453	1h 01m Atlanta	ATL 22:42 → FLL 00:44 +1F9 2174	5h 54m	46%	24%

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 16m · leaves 06:00 5%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 06:59 6%

IAD · 54m · leaves 06:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

MCO · 56m · leaves 14:29 43%

DFW · 53m · leaves 16:00 43%

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 18:48 54%

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 4415 LGA 08:10 → DTW Delta DL 1294 DTW 12:30 → FLL Connection details →	2h 21m	7h 25m	97%	75%
Delta DL 2099 LGA 10:54 → IAH United UA 277 IAH 16:35 → FLL Connection details →	2h 52m	9h 28m	93%	75%
American AA 4612 LGA 06:15 → DCA JetBlue B6 579 DCA 11:00 → FLL Connection details →	3h 16m	7h 24m	98%	75%

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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