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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 6% of the time at 8 am and 27% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Alaska SEA FLL 6h 04m 81% 0.2% 462 Flying now
Delta SEA FLL 5h 55m 75% 1.4% 364 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Fort Lauderdale is 3 h ahead of Seattle). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
DeltaDetails → SEA 23:59 → MSP 05:17DL 953 3h 38m Minneapolis MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30 +1DL 673 10h 31m 100% 92%
SouthwestDetails → SEA 23:05 → MDW 05:00WN 2304 2h 50m Chicago MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55 +1WN 4409 9h 50m 98% 88%
Alaska + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → SEA 22:13 → CLE 05:43AS 269 2h 02m Cleveland CLE 07:45 → FLL 10:36 +1F9 1046 9h 23m 95% 86%
Delta + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails → SEA 07:15 → LAX 10:05DL 1628 3h 50m Los Angeles LAX 13:55 → FLL 22:19B6 1200 12h 05m 100% 86%
UnitedDetails → SEA 23:11 → ORD 05:18UA 747 1h 42m Chicago ORD 07:00 → FLL 11:13 +1UA 1421 9h 02m 93% 85%
DeltaDetails → SEA 21:45 → ATL 05:36DL 567 2h 29m Atlanta ATL 08:05 → FLL 10:00 +1DL 1094 9h 15m 98% 84%
UnitedDetails → SEA 23:49 → IAH 06:10UA 2379 1h 25m Houston IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22 +1UA 2261 8h 33m 90% 83%
DeltaDetails → SEA 22:58 → ATL 06:45DL 409 2h 20m Atlanta ATL 09:05 → FLL 11:03 +1DL 1271 9h 04m 100% 83%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → SEA 08:40 → ATL 16:33DL 797 1h 12m Atlanta ATL 17:45 → FLL 19:44DL 1670 8h 04m 75% 45%
UnitedDetails → SEA 10:52 → ORD 17:05UA 2835 54m Chicago ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294 8h 23m 61% 40%
AmericanDetails → SEA 11:40 → DFW 17:50AA 767 1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946 8h 12m 73% 34%

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
DEN · 1h 04m · leaves 05:00 3%
ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 23:59 6%
ORD · 57m · leaves 23:56 7%
Afternoon and evening
ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 08:40 25%
DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 11:40 27%
ORD · 54m · leaves 10:52 39%

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