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 4% of the time at 6 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	RDU	LGA	1h 43m	72%	5.7%	2,314	Flying now
American	RDU	LGA	1h 43m	70%	5.9%	1,903	Flying now
Frontier	RDU	LGA	1h 36m	60%	5.9%	170	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	RDU 06:25 → TPA 08:18DL 1279	2h 49m Tampa	TPA 11:07 → LGA 13:53DL 2531	7h 28m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	RDU 07:30 → ATL 08:59DL 2478	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	6h 14m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	RDU 05:33 → DTW 07:18DL 1388	2h 47m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → LGA 11:50DL 2589	6h 17m	98%	81%
American Details →	RDU 05:01 → CLT 06:00AA 1903	1h 05m Charlotte	CLT 07:05 → LGA 09:01AA 2043	4h 00m	96%	80%
Delta Details →	RDU 05:20 → ATL 06:44DL 1552	3h 46m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	7h 24m	99%	80%
American Details →	RDU 08:54 → CLT 10:19AA 2362	2h 48m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	6h 11m	99%	79%
American Details →	RDU 06:00 → DCA 07:14AA 2985	2h 45m Washington	DCA 09:59 → LGA 11:25AA 4491 · flown by Republic	5h 25m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	RDU 06:20 → ATL 07:48DL 1192	1h 42m Atlanta	ATL 09:30 → LGA 11:45DL 557	5h 25m	97%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	RDU 18:27 → ATL 20:01DL 2621	59m Atlanta	ATL 21:00 → LGA 23:23DL 520	4h 56m	56%	38%
American Details →	RDU 17:30 → MIA 19:49AA 2406	51m Miami	MIA 20:40 → LGA 23:44AA 1389	6h 14m	46%	25%
American Details →	RDU 15:56 → DCA 17:24AA 5367 · flown by PSA	55m Washington	DCA 18:19 → LGA 19:49AA 4702 · flown by Republic	3h 53m	41%	16%

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

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 09:58 3%

IAD · 1h 08m · leaves 06:00 4%

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 05:01 4%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 17:12 51%

MIA · 51m · leaves 17:30 54%

DCA · 55m · leaves 15:56 59%

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.


Southwest WN 3418 RDU 06:38 → BNA Delta DL 5688 BNA 09:25 → LGA Connection details →	2h 17m	6h 21m	98%	84%
Delta DL 1552 RDU 05:20 → ATL American AA 4628 ATL 09:24 → LGA Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 29m	98%	82%
American AA 4532 RDU 07:45 → PIT Delta DL 5694 PIT 13:00 → LGA Connection details →	3h 48m	6h 52m	100%	80%

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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