Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No nonstop, and no clear pattern: the best connection reaches Houston on time 9 times in 10.

Best connections, any airlines

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Houston is 1 h behind West Palm Beach). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	PBI 06:10 → MCO 07:10WN 3083	55m Orlando	MCO 08:05 → HOU 09:35WN 2637	4h 25m	96%	89%
Delta Details →	PBI 06:00 → ATL 07:50DL 1376	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → HOU 12:11DL 1195	7h 12m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	PBI 10:03 → ATL 11:54DL 1266	3h 17m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → HOU 16:23DL 2381	7h 22m	100%	77%
American Details →	PBI 07:05 → DFW 09:19AA 1220	1h 32m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:51 → HOU 12:16AA 6413 · flown by SkyWest	6h 11m	96%	74%
Delta Details →	PBI 16:55 → ATL 18:55DL 838	1h 40m Atlanta	ATL 20:35 → HOU 21:43DL 2051	5h 48m	88%	63%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	PBI 11:03 → ATL 12:55DL 1311	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 16:05 → HOU 17:15WN 206	7h 12m	97%	62%
American Details →	PBI 18:10 → DFW 20:25AA 2282	2h 19m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:44 → HOU 23:59AA 3394 · flown by Envoy	6h 49m	86%	58%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	PBI 18:28 → ATL 20:31DL 1458	2h 19m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → HOU 00:10 +1WN 207	6h 37m	88%	55%

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

MCO · 55m · leaves 06:10 4%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 08:00 6%

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