Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 86% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MAF	AUS	1h 10m	88%	0.9%	320	Flying now
Delta	MAF	AUS	1h 23m	84%	0.0%	281	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MAF 05:15 → DAL 06:35WN 1959	2h 25m Dallas	DAL 09:00 → AUS 10:00WN 4172	4h 45m	98%	91%
Southwest Details →	MAF 06:05 → DEN 06:55WN 2522	3h 05m Denver	DEN 10:00 → AUS 13:20WN 2263	7h 15m	98%	86%
United Details →	MAF 06:05 → DEN 07:00UA 5794 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → AUS 11:15UA 456	5h 10m	91%	86%
United Details →	MAF 05:00 → IAH 06:37UA 6351 · flown by Mesa	58m Houston	IAH 07:35 → AUS 08:39UA 2016	3h 39m	93%	85%
American Details →	MAF 08:30 → DFW 09:57AA 3343 · flown by Envoy	2h 23m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:20 → AUS 13:25AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	4h 55m	98%	82%
United Details →	MAF 07:00 → IAH 08:28UA 2281	3h 37m Houston	IAH 12:05 → AUS 13:12UA 1859	6h 12m	97%	79%
United Details →	MAF 17:13 → IAH 18:55UA 4001 · flown by Mesa	3h 20m Houston	IAH 22:15 → AUS 23:12UA 1179	5h 59m	99%	78%
United Details →	MAF 09:37 → IAH 11:15UA 6260 · flown by Mesa	3h 05m Houston	IAH 14:20 → AUS 15:29UA 6118 · flown by Mesa	5h 52m	98%	77%

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

DAL · 1h 00m · leaves 05:15 4%

IAH · 58m · leaves 05:00 7%

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 07:58 8%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 19:13 11%

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 20:23 19%

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.


Southwest WN 2522 MAF 06:05 → DEN Delta DL 3876 DEN 09:35 → AUS Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 44m	98%	83%
United UA 5794 MAF 06:05 → DEN Southwest WN 2263 DEN 10:00 → AUS Connection details →	3h 00m	7h 15m	94%	82%
United UA 5472 MAF 17:23 → DEN Frontier F9 2890 DEN 20:46 → AUS Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 38m	84%	54%

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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