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 7 am and 22% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SDF	TPA	2h 05m	84%	2.0%	406	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Tampa on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SDF 06:00 → IAD 07:35UA 3438 · flown by Republic	1h 25m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32UA 683	5h 32m	93%	83%
Delta Details →	SDF 06:00 → ATL 07:25DL 2407	1h 13m Atlanta	ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08DL 1227	4h 09m	95%	83%
American Details →	SDF 05:04 → CLT 06:41AA 5255 · flown by PSA	57m Charlotte	CLT 07:38 → TPA 09:22AA 3320	4h 18m	89%	82%
United Details →	SDF 09:00 → ORD 09:38UA 3696 · flown by Republic	1h 41m Chicago	ORD 11:19 → TPA 15:12UA 1834	6h 12m	100%	82%
Southwest Details →	SDF 05:50 → BWI 07:25WN 4612	1h 05m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00WN 1120	5h 10m	89%	82%
Delta Details →	SDF 07:05 → ATL 08:34DL 1610	2h 40m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → TPA 12:45DL 1099	5h 40m	97%	79%
Delta Details →	SDF 08:10 → ATL 09:40DL 2299	3h 06m Atlanta	ATL 12:46 → TPA 14:13DL 1525	6h 02m	98%	78%
Delta Details →	SDF 10:35 → DTW 12:06DL 3821 · flown by SkyWest	1h 59m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → TPA 16:47DL 1243	6h 12m	96%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SDF 17:26 → DTW 18:58DL 4947 · flown by Endeavor	1h 01m Detroit	DTW 19:59 → TPA 22:35DL 1355	5h 13m	66%	49%
American Details →	SDF 18:02 → DFW 19:28AA 4152 · flown by Envoy	1h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:30 → TPA 23:59AA 2256	5h 57m	69%	23%
Southwest Details →	SDF 18:05 → BNA 17:55WN 1712	50m Nashville	BNA 18:45 → TPA 21:35WN 686	3h 30m	28%	9%

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 13m · leaves 06:00 5%

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 05:50 11%

DTW · 59m · leaves 07:50 11%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 18:02 31%

DTW · 1h 01m · leaves 17:26 34%

BNA · 50m · leaves 18:05 72%

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