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 10 am and 17% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCI	TPA	2h 35m	79%	0.3%	645	Flying now
Frontier	MCI	TPA	2h 40m	81%few flights	0.0%	27	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Tampa is 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCI 06:15 → MDW 07:40WN 2569	1h 35m Chicago	MDW 09:15 → TPA 12:50WN 2907	5h 35m	100%	88%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → DEN 06:56UA 355	2h 44m Denver	DEN 09:40 → TPA 15:14UA 1010	8h 14m	98%	85%
United Details →	MCI 11:33 → DEN 12:38UA 5358 · flown by SkyWest	1h 17m Denver	DEN 13:55 → TPA 19:33UA 2375	7h 00m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	2h 30m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 07m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	MCI 10:02 → AUS 12:11DL 3650 · flown by SkyWest	2h 44m Austin	AUS 14:55 → TPA 19:01DL 3734 · flown by SkyWest	7h 59m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	MCI 06:23 → MSP 07:54DL 1635	2h 10m Minneapolis	MSP 10:04 → TPA 14:12DL 2696	6h 49m	98%	79%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 5485 · flown by SkyWest	3h 21m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	8h 12m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	MCI 09:13 → MSP 10:50DL 4867 · flown by Endeavor	2h 29m Minneapolis	MSP 13:19 → TPA 17:32DL 2264	7h 19m	96%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCI 15:16 → ORD 17:05UA 2792	51m Chicago	ORD 17:56 → TPA 21:49UA 2865	5h 33m	63%	42%
Southwest Details →	MCI 16:15 → DEN 17:05WN 2549	2h 10m Denver	DEN 19:15 → TPA 00:55 +1WN 2232	7h 35m	69%	28%
Southwest Details →	MCI 18:05 → STL 19:10WN 4341	50m St Louis	STL 20:00 → TPA 23:18WN 4619	4h 15m	48%	25%

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

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 05:38 1%

CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 06:31 3%

DTW · 50m · leaves 06:25 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 57m · leaves 14:56 17%

DFW · 51m · leaves 14:37 38%

STL · 50m · leaves 18:05 52%

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 1010 DEN 09:40 → TPA Connection details →	2h 55m	8h 19m	98%	87%
Southwest WN 2548 MCI 10:40 → DEN United UA 2375 DEN 13:55 → TPA Connection details →	2h 30m	7h 53m	97%	83%
Southwest WN 2536 MCI 05:18 → BWI Frontier F9 1537 BWI 11:27 → TPA Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 38m	100%	74%

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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