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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 8% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

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 3 h ahead of Ontario). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → ONT 23:55 → MDW 05:40WN 3153 2h 10m Chicago MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55 +1WN 4409 9h 00m 100% 89%
DeltaDetails → ONT 22:00 → ATL 05:18DL 2892 1h 42m Atlanta ATL 07:00 → FLL 08:52 +1DL 1334 7h 52m 100% 85%
UnitedDetails → ONT 05:45 → IAH 11:04UA 1936 3h 16m Houston IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462 9h 22m 99% 82%
SouthwestDetails → ONT 21:40 → BWI 05:30WN 3143 2h 55m Baltimore BWI 08:25 → FLL 11:05 +1WN 945 10h 25m 100% 81%
UnitedDetails → ONT 05:00 → DEN 08:20UA 2446 1h 27m Denver DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188 7h 47m 97% 80%
DeltaDetails → ONT 06:00 → SLC 08:50DL 2708 1h 55m Salt Lake City SLC 10:45 → FLL 17:22DL 745 8h 24m 98% 80%
American + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails → ONT 22:10 → CLT 05:48AA 2237 3h 12m Charlotte CLT 09:00 → FLL 11:06 +1B6 2148 9h 56m 99% 80%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → ONT 10:50 → DEN 14:10F9 2908 3h 35m Denver DEN 17:45 → FLL 23:49UA 1374 9h 59m 98% 75%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → ONT 11:50 → ATL 19:11DL 665 47m Atlanta ATL 19:58 → FLL 21:55DL 1489 7h 05m 74% 48%
SouthwestDetails → ONT 09:45 → BNA 15:35WN 3142 1h 05m Nashville BNA 16:40 → FLL 20:00WN 285 7h 15m 63% 24%
UnitedDetails → ONT 18:39 → SFO 20:07UA 5624 · flown by SkyWest 1h 08m San Francisco SFO 21:15 → FLL 05:59 +1UA 1230 8h 20m 21% 15%

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
IAH · 1h 02m · leaves 05:45 8%
PHX · 1h 00m · leaves 06:11 8%
DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 05:34 10%
Afternoon and evening
ATL · 47m · leaves 11:50 26%
BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 09:45 37%
SFO · 1h 08m · leaves 18:39 79%

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