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 11 am and 18% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	SEA	TPA	5h 37m	82%	0.5%	612	Flying now
Delta	SEA	TPA	5h 39m	79%	0.6%	363	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 (Tampa is 3 h ahead of Seattle). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SEA 21:36 → BWI 05:41AS 781	2h 49m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00 +1WN 1120	10h 24m	100%	95%
Delta Details →	SEA 22:58 → ATL 06:45DL 409	1h 53m Atlanta	ATL 08:38 → TPA 10:08 +1DL 1227	8h 11m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	SEA 21:45 → ATL 05:36DL 567	1h 49m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → TPA 08:54 +1DL 2605	8h 09m	97%	88%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SEA 22:43 → IAD 06:39AS 367	2h 21m Dulles	IAD 09:00 → TPA 11:32 +1UA 683	9h 49m	97%	88%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SEA 16:47 → SLC 19:50AS 373	3h 46m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:36 → TPA 05:45 +1DL 2077	9h 58m	100%	88%
American Details →	SEA 21:35 → CLT 05:41AA 2793	1h 57m Charlotte	CLT 07:38 → TPA 09:22 +1AA 3320	8h 47m	95%	87%
Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SEA 22:12 → CMH 05:40AS 280	1h 55m Columbus	CMH 07:35 → TPA 09:45 +1WN 2996	8h 33m	92%	87%
United Details →	SEA 23:11 → ORD 05:18UA 747	2h 13m Chicago	ORD 07:31 → TPA 11:24 +1UA 2326	9h 13m	96%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	SEA 23:44 → BOS 08:00B6 198	1h 15m Boston	BOS 09:15 → TPA 12:27 +1B6 791	9h 43m	63%	47%
Delta Details →	SEA 08:40 → ATL 16:33DL 797	47m Atlanta	ATL 17:20 → TPA 18:52DL 1594	7h 12m	58%	37%
American Details →	SEA 10:22 → DFW 16:30AA 707	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:19 → TPA 20:54AA 844	7h 32m	67%	37%

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 15m · leaves 05:15 4%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 05:05 4%

IAH · 1h 15m · leaves 23:49 12%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 47m · leaves 08:40 42%

ORD · 51m · leaves 10:52 43%

DEN · 55m · leaves 14:35 90%

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