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 6 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHX	DCA	4h 14m	83%	1.5%	1,086	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Washington on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Washington is 3 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	PHX 22:00 → MIA 05:22AA 2205	2h 40m Miami	MIA 08:02 → DCA 10:38 +1AA 1299	9h 38m	100%	90%
American Details →	PHX 21:45 → BOS 05:45AA 2701	2h 34m Boston	BOS 08:19 → DCA 10:01 +1AA 1550	9h 16m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	PHX 22:35 → JFK 06:27DL 548	2h 08m New York	JFK 08:35 → DCA 10:02 +1DL 5750 · flown by Republic	8h 27m	97%	84%
American Details →	PHX 22:48 → CLT 05:43AA 1330	2h 17m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → DCA 09:29 +1AA 1977	7h 45m	96%	84%
American Details →	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00AA 563	1h 57m Orlando	MCO 06:57 → DCA 09:20 +1AA 2745	8h 29m	92%	84%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:00 → SLC 08:40DL 1535	1h 50m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:30 → DCA 16:37DL 820	7h 37m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	PHX 22:32 → BOS 06:30DL 1697	3h 55m Boston	BOS 10:25 → DCA 12:12 +1DL 5592 · flown by Republic	10h 40m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 09:20 → DCA 11:08 +1DL 380	8h 08m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 22:00 → MIA 05:22AA 2205	57m Miami	MIA 06:19 → DCA 09:00 +1AA 491	8h 00m	65%	60%
American Details →	PHX 14:03 → CLT 21:18AA 1211	1h 10m Charlotte	CLT 22:28 → DCA 23:53AA 1269	6h 51m	70%	43%
Southwest Details →	PHX 05:10 → BNA 10:25WN 3235	50m Nashville	BNA 11:15 → DCA 14:00WN 4562	5h 50m	44%	17%

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

LAS · 1h 20m · leaves 06:40 0%

BOS · 1h 15m · leaves 21:45 5%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 06:25 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 14:03 30%

ATL · 1h 02m · leaves 09:06 39%

CMH · 51m · leaves 08:54 47%

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 1086 PHX 00:20 → MCO American AA 2088 MCO 10:40 → DCA Connection details →	3h 03m	9h 39m	96%	87%
Southwest WN 3459 PHX 20:32 → MCI American AA 5616 MCI 05:33 → DCA Connection details →	3h 58m	9h 47m	98%	85%
American AA 1587 PHX 21:50 → JFK Delta DL 5750 JFK 08:35 → DCA Connection details →	2h 48m	9h 12m	97%	85%

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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