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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 7% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
JetBlue RIC FLL 2h 25m 78% 3.1% 575 Flying now
Spirit RIC FLL 2h 31m 63% 5.6% 233 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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.
SouthwestDetails → RIC 06:15 → BWI 07:10WN 3438 2h 40m Baltimore BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785 6h 05m 100% 83%
AmericanDetails → RIC 06:26 → PHL 07:40AA 5973 · flown by Piedmont 3h 05m Philadelphia PHL 10:45 → FLL 13:38AA 695 7h 12m 100% 82%
AmericanDetails → RIC 05:02 → CLT 06:15AA 549 1h 00m Charlotte CLT 07:15 → FLL 09:16AA 1865 4h 14m 93% 79%
AmericanDetails → RIC 06:30 → CLT 07:54AA 1063 3h 06m Charlotte CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03AA 1877 6h 32m 98% 79%
UnitedDetails → RIC 06:50 → EWR 08:16UA 4604 · flown by GoJet 3h 21m Newark EWR 11:37 → FLL 14:42UA 677 7h 52m 96% 78%
UnitedDetails → RIC 06:15 → IAH 08:17UA 2464 1h 43m Houston IAH 10:00 → FLL 13:47UA 2234 7h 32m 97% 78%
DeltaDetails → RIC 05:45 → ATL 07:20DL 1460 1h 45m Atlanta ATL 09:05 → FLL 11:03DL 1271 5h 17m 97% 78%
AmericanDetails → RIC 09:07 → CLT 10:35AA 2415 2h 43m Charlotte CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875 6h 13m 98% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → RIC 13:00 → LGA 14:42DL 5313 · flown by Endeavor 48m New York LGA 15:30 → FLL 18:57DL 2321 5h 57m 64% 39%
AmericanDetails → RIC 15:19 → DFW 17:38AA 2413 1h 17m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946 7h 33m 70% 33%
AmericanDetails → RIC 13:32 → LGA 15:00AA 4501 · flown by Republic 55m New York LGA 15:55 → FLL 19:10AA 3196 5h 38m 53% 26%

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 15m · leaves 06:15 4%
CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 05:02 7%
BOS · 1h 18m · leaves 09:38 15%
Afternoon and evening
PHL · 1h 06m · leaves 17:34 29%
DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 15:19 30%
LGA · 55m · leaves 13:32 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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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