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)


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, 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 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	MCI 08:30 → IAH 10:38UA 2228	3h 42m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	8h 37m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	MCI 05:15 → MDW 06:40WN 4276	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55WN 4409	5h 40m	93%	83%
Delta Details →	MCI 06:23 → MSP 07:54DL 1635	1h 01m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	6h 07m	92%	83%
Southwest Details →	MCI 05:18 → BWI 08:42WN 2536	1h 08m Baltimore	BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785	6h 02m	96%	79%
United Details →	MCI 06:05 → EWR 09:58UA 1969	1h 39m Newark	EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677	7h 37m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:02 → SLC 08:45DL 2897	2h 00m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:45 → FLL 17:22DL 745	9h 22m	98%	79%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → DEN 06:56UA 355	2h 51m Denver	DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188	8h 47m	98%	79%
Southwest Details →	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
United Details →	MCI 15:16 → ORD 17:05UA 2792	54m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294	5h 59m	65%	40%
Frontier Details →	MCI 18:16 → ATL 21:43F9 3500	59m Atlanta	ATL 22:42 → FLL 00:44 +1F9 2174	5h 26m	60%	34%
Southwest Details →	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.


Southwest WN 2545 MCI 05:55 → DEN United UA 2188 DEN 09:47 → FLL Connection details →	3h 02m	8h 52m	98%	81%
American AA 3845 MCI 05:30 → ORD United UA 279 ORD 10:59 → FLL Connection details →	3h 28m	8h 43m	97%	71%
Frontier F9 3375 MCI 13:45 → DEN United UA 1374 DEN 17:45 → FLL Connection details →	2h 55m	9h 04m	92%	70%

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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