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 6% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	ORD	XNA	2h 00m	77%	1.6%	1,593	Flying now
United	ORD	XNA	2h 03m	73%	3.3%	1,367	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fayetteville/Springdale/ on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	ORD 08:40 → DEN 10:31UA 526	2h 59m Denver	DEN 13:30 → XNA 16:25UA 5641 · flown by SkyWest	7h 45m	100%	89%
American Details →	ORD 06:00 → LAX 08:20AA 607	1h 16m Los Angeles	LAX 09:36 → XNA 15:06AA 6381 · flown by SkyWest	9h 06m	94%	86%
United Details →	ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666	3h 08m Denver	DEN 09:50 → XNA 12:47UA 5267 · flown by SkyWest	7h 47m	100%	85%
United Details →	ORD 05:30 → IAH 08:18UA 2310	1h 17m Houston	IAH 09:35 → XNA 11:12UA 4297 · flown by CommuteAir	5h 42m	99%	85%
United Details →	ORD 08:51 → IAH 11:51UA 535	2h 41m Houston	IAH 14:32 → XNA 16:15UA 4062 · flown by Mesa	7h 24m	99%	85%
American Details →	ORD 05:07 → CLT 08:10AA 2842	3h 34m Charlotte	CLT 11:44 → XNA 13:12AA 5444 · flown by PSA	8h 05m	98%	82%
American Details →	ORD 05:00 → DFW 07:30AA 760	1h 31m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:01 → XNA 10:24AA 3838 · flown by Envoy	5h 23m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	ORD 06:30 → MSP 08:06DL 1717	1h 04m Minneapolis	MSP 09:10 → XNA 11:09DL 3536 · flown by SkyWest	4h 39m	87%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORD 15:22 → ATL 18:36DL 1477	52m Atlanta	ATL 19:28 → XNA 20:24DL 5159 · flown by Endeavor	5h 04m	71%	44%
American Details →	ORD 16:51 → DFW 19:28AA 2988	1h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:19 → XNA 22:37AA 3059	5h 46m	74%	35%
American Details →	ORD 16:05 → MIA 20:26AA 2910	50m Miami	MIA 21:16 → XNA 23:21AA 4049 · flown by Envoy	7h 18m	26%	20%

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 17m · leaves 05:30 1%

LAX · 1h 16m · leaves 06:00 6%

DEN · 55m · leaves 07:05 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 52m · leaves 15:22 29%

DFW · 56m · leaves 13:25 54%

MIA · 50m · leaves 16:05 74%

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.


United UA 2806 ORD 06:00 → DEN Frontier F9 4344 DEN 10:50 → XNA Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 40m	100%	84%
United UA 5216 ORD 06:30 → CLT American AA 5444 CLT 11:44 → XNA Connection details →	2h 00m	6h 42m	92%	75%
American AA 1744 ORD 10:00 → DEN United UA 5641 DEN 13:30 → XNA Connection details →	1h 46m	6h 25m	85%	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