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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 10 am and 2 times in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest MCI FLL 3h 00m 76% 1.2% 412 Flying now
Spirit MCI FLL 3h 08m 72% 4.3% 139 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → MCI 08:30 → IAH 10:38UA 2228 3h 42m Houston IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462 8h 37m 100% 84%
SouthwestDetails → MCI 05:15 → MDW 06:40WN 4276 1h 10m Chicago MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55WN 4409 5h 40m 93% 83%
DeltaDetails → MCI 06:23 → MSP 07:54DL 1635 1h 01m Minneapolis MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673 6h 07m 92% 83%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → MCI 05:55 → DEN 06:45WN 2545 3h 02m Denver DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188 8h 52m 98% 81%
SouthwestDetails → MCI 05:18 → BWI 08:42WN 2536 1h 08m Baltimore BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785 6h 02m 96% 79%
UnitedDetails → MCI 06:05 → EWR 09:58UA 1969 1h 39m Newark EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677 7h 37m 98% 79%
DeltaDetails → MCI 07:02 → SLC 08:45DL 2897 2h 00m Salt Lake City SLC 10:45 → FLL 17:22DL 745 9h 22m 98% 79%
SouthwestDetails → MCI 06:30 → HOU 08:35WN 4456 1h 35m Houston HOU 10:10 → FLL 13:40WN 4355 6h 10m 100% 79%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → MCI 15:16 → ORD 17:05UA 2792 54m Chicago ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294 5h 59m 65% 40%
FrontierDetails → MCI 18:16 → ATL 21:43F9 3500 59m Atlanta ATL 22:42 → FLL 00:44 +1F9 2174 5h 26m 60% 34%
SouthwestDetails → MCI 16:55 → DAL 18:30WN 1323 50m Dallas DAL 19:20 → FLL 23:10WN 46 5h 10m 35% 14%

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
BWI · 1h 08m · leaves 05:18 4%
ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 07:53 7%
MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 05:15 7%
Afternoon and evening
IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 14:56 12%
CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 12:15 12%
ATL · 59m · leaves 18:16 40%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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