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 70-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 9 am and 16% of the time at 3 pm.

Nonstops


American	RSW	DFW	3h 10m	78%	2.8%	1,339	Flying now
Frontier	RSW	DFW	–	100%few flights	0.0%	2	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Fort Myers). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	1h 19m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	5h 31m	96%	81%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → IAH 08:33UA 2773	58m Houston	IAH 09:31 → DFW 10:57UA 2074	4h 57m	99%	81%
American Details →	RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097	3h 10m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	7h 54m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	RSW 08:03 → ATL 09:52DL 1395	1h 36m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	5h 47m	96%	77%
American Details →	RSW 10:00 → CLT 12:02AA 2427	3h 02m Charlotte	CLT 15:04 → DFW 16:58AA 1709	7h 58m	99%	77%
American Details →	RSW 06:15 → ORD 08:33AA 803	1h 07m Chicago	ORD 09:40 → DFW 12:13AA 3052	6h 58m	100%	74%
United Details →	RSW 08:01 → DEN 10:30UA 318	3h 15m Denver	DEN 13:45 → DFW 16:51UA 578	9h 50m	98%	74%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → ORD 09:23UA 1554	3h 42m Chicago	ORD 13:05 → DFW 15:48UA 2290	9h 48m	100%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	RSW 19:41 → CLT 21:45AA 2442	49m Charlotte	CLT 22:34 → DFW 00:26 +1AA 1271	5h 45m	64%	41%
United Details →	RSW 16:39 → ORD 19:00UA 2832	50m Chicago	ORD 19:50 → DFW 22:36UA 1673	6h 57m	49%	30%
American Details →	RSW 17:24 → ORD 19:54AA 2437	1h 05m Chicago	ORD 20:59 → DFW 23:32AA 2600	7h 08m	40%	17%

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

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 07:00 3%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 06:45 4%

PHL · 1h 17m · leaves 07:01 10%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 19m · leaves 17:00 17%

CLT · 49m · leaves 19:41 36%

ORD · 1h 05m · leaves 17:24 60%

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 3463 RSW 06:30 → BWI American AA 2747 BWI 12:00 → DFW Connection details →	3h 10m	8h 57m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 4872 RSW 06:15 → MCO American AA 2075 MCO 09:30 → DFW Connection details →	2h 15m	6h 09m	100%	80%
Delta DL 1385 RSW 05:37 → ATL American AA 3390 ATL 09:43 → DFW Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 36m	96%	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