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 8 am and 42% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	DFW	3h 54m	79%	3.4%	3,194	Flying now
Frontier	PHL	DFW	3h 43m	67%	3.2%	279	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Philadelphia). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	PHL 07:04 → FLL 09:55AA 1850	2h 04m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 11:59 → DFW 14:12AA 2210	8h 08m	97%	85%
American Details →	PHL 07:05 → PHX 09:05AA 428	1h 26m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	9h 05m	98%	84%
United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	1h 11m Dulles	IAD 08:30 → DFW 10:53UA 2471	5h 43m	97%	83%
American Details →	PHL 08:55 → CHS 11:01AA 5575 · flown by PSA	1h 57m Charleston	CHS 12:58 → DFW 14:50AA 5396 · flown by PSA	6h 55m	97%	83%
American Details →	PHL 08:32 → AUS 11:25AA 1407	2h 31m Austin	AUS 13:56 → DFW 15:10AA 4095 · flown by Envoy	7h 38m	94%	82%
American Details →	PHL 07:00 → MCO 09:44AA 2093	1h 32m Orlando	MCO 11:16 → DFW 13:07AA 2124	7h 07m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	2h 30m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	7h 01m	98%	81%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → MIA 08:56AA 1252	3h 19m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	9h 34m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 17:40 → ORD 19:26AA 1012	1h 33m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	6h 52m	72%	30%
American Details →	PHL 12:16 → MCO 14:59AA 2065	46m Orlando	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	6h 31m	53%	24%
American Details →	PHL 15:45 → ORD 17:29AA 470	51m Chicago	ORD 18:20 → DFW 21:01AA 1559	6h 12m	58%	22%

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

IAD · 1h 11m · leaves 06:10 3%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 4%

CLT · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

CLE · 46m · leaves 17:15 37%

BOS · 1h 10m · leaves 15:20 41%

ORD · 51m · leaves 15:45 42%

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.


Frontier F9 2609 PHL 06:00 → FLL American AA 2210 FLL 11:59 → DFW Connection details →	3h 06m	9h 12m	95%	85%
Southwest WN 2664 PHL 05:00 → DEN American AA 1523 DEN 09:04 → DFW Connection details →	2h 04m	8h 07m	100%	80%
Delta DL 1269 PHL 05:15 → ATL American AA 3390 ATL 09:43 → DFW Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 58m	96%	79%

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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