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 7 am and 56% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LGA	RDU	1h 53m	76%	5.5%	2,314	Flying now
American	LGA	RDU	1h 50m	73%	5.5%	1,905	Flying now
Frontier	LGA	RDU	1h 52m	58%	5.9%	170	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	LGA 07:43 → DCA 09:13AA 4491 · flown by Republic	2h 11m Washington	DCA 11:24 → RDU 12:44AA 4700 · flown by Republic	5h 01m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342	1h 54m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	5h 45m	98%	86%
American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	3h 06m Charlotte	CLT 11:04 → RDU 12:02AA 2363	6h 02m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	LGA 08:00 → ATL 10:29DL 364	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → RDU 14:29DL 2026	6h 29m	100%	84%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → ORD 08:14AA 462	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 09:29 → RDU 12:48AA 4756 · flown by Republic	6h 18m	94%	83%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:05 → DTW 07:54DL 1231	2h 21m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → RDU 11:57DL 2164	5h 55m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:25 → MSP 08:14DL 2510	2h 07m Minneapolis	MSP 10:21 → RDU 13:53DL 2521	7h 26m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	1h 55m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → RDU 11:44DL 2052	5h 44m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LGA 11:00 → FLL 14:04DL 1181	55m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 14:59 → RDU 17:09DL 1018	6h 09m	72%	52%
Delta Details →	LGA 15:35 → MCI 18:01DL 2068	54m Kansas City	MCI 18:55 → RDU 22:26DL 4648 · flown by Endeavor	6h 51m	57%	39%
JetBlue Details →	LGA 15:55 → FLL 19:05B6 471	55m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:00 → RDU 22:05B6 2626	6h 12m	55%	32%

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

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:30 6%

BNA · 1h 20m · leaves 07:25 7%

IAD · 55m · leaves 06:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

FLL · 55m · leaves 15:55 45%

DCA · 1h 06m · leaves 19:20 46%

ATL · 59m · leaves 18:48 56%

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.


Delta DL 5688 LGA 07:10 → BNA American AA 4639 BNA 12:00 → RDU Connection details →	3h 15m	7h 33m	100%	86%
American AA 4628 LGA 06:09 → ATL Delta DL 1488 ATL 11:14 → RDU Connection details →	2h 31m	6h 35m	98%	83%
American AA 4377 LGA 06:00 → BOS Delta DL 2118 BOS 10:00 → RDU Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 04m	98%	82%

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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