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 12% of the time at 12 pm and 45% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	FLL	2h 53m	76%	2.7%	1,541	Flying now
Frontier	PHL	FLL	3h 03m	73%	2.1%	620	Flying now
JetBlue	PHL	FLL	2h 50m	71%	2.6%	699	Flying now
Spirit	PHL	FLL	2h 53m	70%	5.3%	647	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	1h 32m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	7h 50m	94%	85%
United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	1h 01m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825	4h 57m	97%	85%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	3h 07m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	7h 02m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	1h 43m Atlanta	ATL 09:05 → FLL 11:03DL 1271	5h 47m	96%	78%
United Details →	PHL 06:15 → IAH 08:44UA 584	1h 16m Houston	IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234	7h 32m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	2h 53m Atlanta	ATL 11:25 → FLL 13:22DL 2063	6h 57m	99%	76%
Southwest Details →	PHL 06:12 → STL 07:32WN 3227	2h 43m St Louis	STL 10:15 → FLL 14:00WN 4938	7h 48m	96%	76%
United Details →	PHL 13:04 → IAH 15:35UA 2038	1h 00m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 18m	87%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 15:00 → DFW 17:50AA 402	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	7h 52m	73%	33%
Frontier Details →	PHL 15:50 → CLT 17:46F9 4353	55m Charlotte	CLT 18:41 → FLL 20:50F9 1983	5h 01m	55%	31%
American Details →	PHL 11:02 → DFW 13:38AA 417	47m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:25 → FLL 18:19AA 1868	7h 17m	62%	23%

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 16m · leaves 06:15 3%

IAD · 1h 01m · leaves 06:10 3%

BNA · 1h 20m · leaves 09:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 19:05 14%

DFW · 59m · leaves 16:22 32%

CLT · 55m · leaves 15:50 45%

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 2059 PHL 07:20 → RDU Delta DL 1038 RDU 11:58 → FLL Connection details →	3h 13m	6h 44m	98%	78%
Frontier F9 2387 PHL 08:00 → CLT American AA 1875 CLT 13:18 → FLL Connection details →	3h 22m	7h 20m	94%	73%
American AA 5576 PHL 07:05 → BNA Southwest WN 4847 BNA 11:25 → FLL Connection details →	3h 00m	7h 40m	99%	72%

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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