Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 73% on time.

Nonstops


American	RSW	PHL	2h 47m	76%	2.6%	1,041	Flying now
Frontier	RSW	PHL	2h 50m	65%	4.8%	289	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Philadelphia 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	2h 00m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	6h 45m	100%	96%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:00 → STL 07:30WN 3471	2h 30m St Louis	STL 10:00 → PHL 13:10WN 3222	7h 10m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	6h 41m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	RSW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 2219	1h 39m Minneapolis	MSP 11:09 → PHL 14:43DL 2679	7h 42m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385	1h 32m Atlanta	ATL 08:55 → PHL 10:57DL 2270	5h 24m	96%	79%
United Details →	RSW 07:00 → ORD 09:23UA 1554	2h 10m Chicago	ORD 11:33 → PHL 14:47UA 2182	7h 47m	100%	78%
American Details →	RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097	2h 40m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → PHL 12:43AA 2498	6h 21m	99%	77%
Southwest Details →	RSW 06:25 → DEN 08:20WN 1739	2h 02m Denver	DEN 10:22 → PHL 16:00WN 3157	9h 35m	100%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	RSW 17:46 → DTW 20:44DL 2559	51m Detroit	DTW 21:35 → PHL 23:17DL 2402	5h 31m	59%	45%
American Details →	RSW 14:25 → DFW 16:26AA 2438	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:30 → PHL 22:17AA 991	7h 52m	75%	37%
American Details →	RSW 17:24 → ORD 19:54AA 2437	1h 48m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	7h 32m	70%	33%

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 09m · leaves 06:22 4%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 14:25 25%

DTW · 51m · leaves 17:46 41%

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.


Delta DL 1361 RSW 06:45 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 52m	7h 51m	99%	93%
Southwest WN 3471 RSW 06:00 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	3h 46m	8h 35m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4872 RSW 06:15 → MCO American AA 2499 MCO 09:43 → PHL Connection details →	2h 28m	6h 06m	100%	85%

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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