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 13% of the time at 6 am and 29% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops


United	SFO	FLL	5h 29m	85%	0.2%	493	Flying now
JetBlue	SFO	FLL	5h 41m	79%	0.1%	757	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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 San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SFO 00:35 → MSP 06:09DL 2789	2h 46m Minneapolis	MSP 08:55 → FLL 13:30DL 673	9h 55m	98%	91%
United Details →	SFO 21:30 → IAD 05:53UA 357	2h 27m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07 +1UA 1825	10h 37m	100%	89%
United Details →	SFO 23:59 → IAH 06:04UA 505	1h 31m Houston	IAH 07:35 → FLL 11:22 +1UA 2261	8h 23m	94%	87%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → IAH 10:55UA 2168	3h 25m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	10h 07m	100%	83%
United Details →	SFO 07:05 → IAH 13:11UA 686	3h 24m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	10h 17m	99%	83%
American Details →	SFO 23:49 → CLT 08:05AA 1580	2h 55m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → FLL 13:03 +1AA 1877	10h 13m	100%	82%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	1h 12m Denver	DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188	7h 47m	98%	81%
Southwest Details →	SFO 21:10 → BWI 05:25WN 2683	3h 00m Baltimore	BWI 08:25 → FLL 11:05 +1WN 945	10h 55m	100%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SFO 23:29 → DFW 05:05AA 2228	1h 55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:00 → FLL 10:53 +1AA 1866	8h 24m	73%	53%
American Details →	SFO 09:49 → PHL 18:28AA 2722	52m Philadelphia	PHL 19:20 → FLL 22:25AA 1864	9h 36m	62%	41%
Southwest Details →	SFO 21:10 → BWI 05:25WN 2683	50m Baltimore	BWI 06:15 → FLL 08:55 +1WN 4627	8h 45m	33%	31%

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 12m · leaves 05:00 2%

IAH · 1h 11m · leaves 05:00 3%

EWR · 1h 09m · leaves 21:15 13%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 05m · leaves 20:03 29%

PHL · 52m · leaves 09:49 38%

AUS · 1h 05m · leaves 12:50 83%

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.


United UA 1896 SFO 08:50 → LAX JetBlue B6 1200 LAX 13:55 → FLL Connection details →	3h 21m	10h 30m	99%	85%
United UA 234 SFO 21:30 → DTW Delta DL 655 DTW 07:10 → FLL Connection details →	1h 50m	9h 45m	100%	84%
United UA 1603 SFO 21:20 → ATL Delta DL 1094 ATL 08:05 → FLL Connection details →	2h 45m	9h 40m	97%	83%

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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