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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and 14% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


JetBlue	RDU	FLL	2h 09m	81%	2.0%	609	Flying now
Delta	RDU	FLL	2h 26m	81%	1.1%	376	Flying now
Frontier	RDU	FLL	2h 08m	70%	1.7%	58	Flying now
Southwest	RDU	FLL	2h 05m	76%	2.1%	141	Not flying now
Spirit	RDU	FLL	2h 15m	65%	6.6%	181	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 →	RDU 06:00 → MSP 07:46DL 2538	1h 09m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	7h 30m	93%	85%
Southwest Details →	RDU 06:10 → BWI 07:15WN 3422	2h 35m Baltimore	BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785	6h 10m	100%	85%
United Details →	RDU 06:00 → IAD 07:11UA 1789	1h 09m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825	5h 07m	96%	84%
American Details →	RDU 05:01 → CLT 06:00AA 1903	1h 15m Charlotte	CLT 07:15 → FLL 09:16AA 1865	4h 15m	97%	81%
American Details →	RDU 06:41 → CLT 07:49AA 2420	3h 11m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877	6h 21m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	RDU 05:20 → ATL 06:44DL 1552	1h 21m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → FLL 10:00DL 1094	4h 40m	97%	81%
United Details →	RDU 12:45 → IAH 14:44UA 6296 · flown by Mesa	1h 51m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 37m	98%	81%
United Details →	RDU 07:00 → EWR 08:40UA 1753	2h 57m Newark	EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677	7h 42m	97%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RDU 11:13 → CLT 12:20AA 2381	58m Charlotte	CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875	4h 07m	75%	58%
American Details →	RDU 18:29 → CLT 19:45AA 2379	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 20:46 → FLL 22:47AA 321	4h 17m	59%	39%
Frontier Details →	RDU 12:10 → ATL 13:51F9 1669	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 14:54 → FLL 16:55F9 3014	4h 45m	70%	37%

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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 06:10 0%

ATL · 1h 09m · leaves 09:58 3%

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 05:01 3%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 18:29 41%

PHL · 59m · leaves 17:22 54%

JFK · 47m · leaves 17:44 63%

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.


American AA 1903 RDU 05:01 → CLT JetBlue B6 2148 CLT 09:00 → FLL Connection details →	3h 00m	6h 05m	98%	79%
Delta DL 5120 RDU 07:05 → EWR United UA 677 EWR 11:37 → FLL Connection details →	2h 38m	7h 37m	97%	78%
Frontier F9 1741 RDU 10:14 → IAH United UA 462 IAH 14:20 → FLL Connection details →	2h 08m	7h 53m	92%	77%

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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