Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 8 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| Delta | JFK | IAD | 1h 32m | 78% | 4.5% | 713 | Flying now |
| United | LGA | IAD | 1h 29m | 76% | 6.7% | 1,450 | Flying now |
| United | EWR | IAD | 1h 26m | 75% | 2.7% | 1,826 | Flying now |
| American | JFK | DCA | 1h 34m | 71% | 4.9% | 1,242 | Flying now |
| Delta | LGA | DCA | 1h 27m | 70% | 5.6% | 2,312 | Flying now |
| Delta | JFK | DCA | 1h 33m | 70% | 6.3% | 1,076 | Flying now |
| American | LGA | DCA | 1h 28m | 66% | 5.2% | 2,518 | Flying now |
| United | EWR | DCA | 1h 25m | 65% | 5.1% | 3,282 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | JFK | DCA | 1h 22m | 54% | 5.8% | 445 | Flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach Washington on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:15 → IND 08:23UA 3683 · flown by Republic | 1h 48m Indianapolis | IND 10:11 → IAD 11:55UA 3709 · flown by Republic | 5h 40m | 98% | 89% |
| SouthwestDetails → | LGA 06:00 → MDW 07:20WN 2464 | 1h 35m Chicago | MDW 08:55 → BWI 11:45WN 1355 | 5h 45m | 97% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:45 → CHS 08:51UA 2355 | 1h 09m Charleston | CHS 10:00 → IAD 11:37UA 1858 | 4h 52m | 94% | 86% |
| SouthwestDetails → | LGA 06:30 → MCI 08:30WN 576 | 1h 30m Kansas City | MCI 10:00 → BWI 13:25WN 1037 | 6h 55m | 93% | 86% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:00 → BOS 07:20AA 4377 · flown by Republic | 1h 58m Boston | BOS 09:18 → DCA 10:59AA 1605 | 4h 59m | 98% | 86% |
| DeltaDetails → | JFK 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2286 | 2h 46m Atlanta | ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711 | 7h 03m | 99% | 86% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 10:17 → ROC 11:40UA 3647 · flown by Republic | 3h 20m Rochester | ROC 15:00 → IAD 16:21UA 4521 · flown by GoJet | 6h 04m | 100% | 86% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 07:15 → RDU 08:56UA 1890 | 1h 36m Raleigh/Durham | RDU 10:32 → IAD 11:43UA 1535 | 4h 28m | 95% | 84% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 13:03 → MCO 15:54UA 2215 | 51m Orlando | MCO 16:45 → IAD 19:08UA 413 | 6h 05m | 75% | 54% |
| AmericanDetails → | JFK 11:45 → MIA 14:50AA 525 | 54m Miami | MIA 15:44 → BWI 18:26AA 1634 | 6h 41m | 71% | 46% |
| JetBlueDetails → | LGA 15:55 → FLL 19:05B6 471 | 55m Fort Lauderdale | FLL 20:00 → DCA 22:36B6 2080 | 6h 41m | 55% | 29% |
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.
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
| United UA 3683 EWR 06:15 → IND Southwest WN 4388 IND 11:32 → BWI Connection details → |
3h 09m | 6h 52m | 99% | 91% |
| American AA 4376 JFK 08:24 → BOS Southwest WN 733 BOS 13:20 → BWI Connection details → |
3h 32m | 6h 36m | 98% | 89% |
| United UA 1407 EWR 07:11 → MYR Southwest WN 1695 MYR 12:00 → BWI Connection details → |
2h 56m | 6h 14m | 97% | 88% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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