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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 10 am and 23% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American RSW DCA 2h 28m 73% 2.5% 832 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Washington on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → RSW 05:10 → MDW 07:00WN 1243 1h 15m Chicago MDW 08:15 → DCA 11:10WN 2569 6h 00m 100% 91%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails → RSW 06:15 → MCO 07:15WN 4872 3h 25m Orlando MCO 10:40 → DCA 12:59AA 2088 6h 44m 100% 90%
UnitedDetails → RSW 07:00 → IAH 08:33UA 2773 1h 14m Houston IAH 09:47 → DCA 13:57UA 2670 6h 57m 100% 88%
SouthwestDetails → RSW 06:00 → STL 07:30WN 3471 1h 00m St Louis STL 08:30 → DCA 11:25WN 3905 5h 25m 95% 79%
DeltaDetails → RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361 2h 27m Atlanta ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737 5h 57m 98% 78%
AmericanDetails → RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097 2h 54m Charlotte CLT 11:14 → DCA 12:59AA 5527 · flown by PSA 6h 36m 99% 76%
AmericanDetails → RSW 06:01 → DFW 08:05AA 1281 1h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 09:56 → DCA 13:59AA 1624 7h 57m 97% 76%
DeltaDetails → RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385 1h 57m Atlanta ATL 09:20 → DCA 11:08DL 380 5h 30m 96% 76%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → RSW 14:25 → DFW 16:26AA 2438 49m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 17:15 → DCA 21:31AA 472 7h 06m 56% 35%
AmericanDetails → RSW 17:24 → ORD 19:54AA 2437 1h 01m Chicago ORD 20:55 → DCA 23:59AA 1187 6h 35m 35% 17%
SouthwestDetails → RSW 17:10 → MDW 19:05WN 4120 1h 05m Chicago MDW 20:10 → DCA 23:02WN 1172 5h 52m 46% 14%

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
CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 06:22 4%
STL · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 5%
ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 08:03 7%
Afternoon and evening
DFW · 49m · leaves 14:25 44%
MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 17:10 54%
ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 17:24 65%

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