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 5% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SAT	TPA	2h 20m	79%	0.3%	371	Flying now
Spirit	SAT	TPA	–	67%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Tampa is 1 h ahead of San Antonio). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	48m Houston	IAH 07:25 → TPA 10:45UA 1353	4h 15m	93%	85%
United Details →	SAT 07:00 → IAD 11:27UA 471	1h 22m Dulles	IAD 12:49 → TPA 15:15UA 2277	7h 15m	97%	83%
United Details →	SAT 09:37 → IAH 10:44UA 2827	3h 50m Houston	IAH 14:34 → TPA 17:55UA 2812	7h 18m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:25 → ATL 08:53DL 1073	2h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	6h 20m	97%	79%
United Details →	SAT 06:40 → ORD 09:38UA 1332	1h 41m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	7h 32m	96%	77%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:40 → ATL 10:06DL 1066	2h 40m Atlanta	ATL 12:46 → TPA 14:13DL 1525	6h 32m	99%	77%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:05 → MSP 09:00DL 2717	1h 04m Minneapolis	MSP 10:04 → TPA 14:12DL 2696	7h 07m	95%	77%
Southwest Details →	SAT 07:10 → STL 09:15WN 4809	50m St Louis	STL 10:05 → TPA 13:25WN 3986	5h 15m	82%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SAT 14:30 → MSP 17:25DL 2528	50m Minneapolis	MSP 18:15 → TPA 22:26DL 2385	6h 56m	67%	50%
Southwest Details →	SAT 15:45 → BWI 20:10WN 3561	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 21:20 → TPA 23:50WN 4578	7h 10m	60%	39%
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	1h 31m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:30 → TPA 23:59AA 2256	5h 24m	73%	23%

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

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 06:40 4%

MSP · 1h 04m · leaves 06:05 5%

IAH · 48m · leaves 05:30 7%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 14:48 24%

MSP · 50m · leaves 14:30 33%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 15:45 40%

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 3565 SAT 05:45 → DEN United UA 1010 DEN 09:40 → TPA Connection details →	2h 40m	8h 29m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 3559 SAT 05:10 → BWI Frontier F9 1537 BWI 11:27 → TPA Connection details →	1h 57m	7h 46m	98%	75%
American AA 632 SAT 06:24 → ORD United UA 1834 ORD 11:19 → TPA Connection details →	1h 50m	7h 48m	91%	73%

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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