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)


American	RSW	DCA	2h 28m	73%	2.5%	832	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	RSW 05:10 → MDW 07:00WN 1243	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 08:15 → DCA 11:10WN 2569	6h 00m	100%	91%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → IAH 08:33UA 2773	1h 14m Houston	IAH 09:47 → DCA 13:57UA 2670	6h 57m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:00 → STL 07:30WN 3471	1h 00m St Louis	STL 08:30 → DCA 11:25WN 3905	5h 25m	95%	79%
Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	2h 27m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737	5h 57m	98%	78%
American Details →	RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097	2h 54m Charlotte	CLT 11:14 → DCA 12:59AA 5527 · flown by PSA	6h 36m	99%	76%
American Details →	RSW 06:01 → DFW 08:05AA 1281	1h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:56 → DCA 13:59AA 1624	7h 57m	97%	76%
Delta Details →	RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385	1h 57m Atlanta	ATL 09:20 → DCA 11:08DL 380	5h 30m	96%	76%
Delta Details →	RSW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 2219	56m Minneapolis	MSP 10:26 → DCA 13:48DL 2983	6h 49m	92%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RSW 14:25 → DFW 16:26AA 2438	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:15 → DCA 21:31AA 472	7h 06m	56%	35%
American Details →	RSW 17:24 → ORD 19:54AA 2437	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 20:55 → DCA 23:59AA 1187	6h 35m	35%	17%
Southwest Details →	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.


Southwest WN 4872 RSW 06:15 → MCO American AA 2088 MCO 10:40 → DCA Connection details →	3h 25m	6h 44m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 3471 RSW 06:00 → STL American AA 5413 STL 10:31 → DCA Connection details →	3h 01m	7h 44m	100%	73%
Delta DL 1361 RSW 06:45 → ATL American AA 3976 ATL 10:57 → DCA Connection details →	2h 24m	6h 10m	97%	70%

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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