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 4% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 4 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	FLL	4h 39m	81%	0.5%	365	Flying now
JetBlue	SLC	FLL	4h 32m	67%few flights	0.0%	10	Not 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 2 h ahead of Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → FLL 10:00 +1DL 1094	8h 25m	100%	85%
Delta + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 09:40 → LAX 10:42DL 1095	3h 13m Los Angeles	LAX 13:55 → FLL 22:19B6 1200	10h 40m	99%	85%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 09:25 → IAH 13:28DL 2502	3h 07m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	8h 57m	99%	83%
Delta + JetBluetwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 23:36 → TPA 05:45DL 2077	1h 51m Tampa	TPA 07:36 → FLL 08:41 +1B6 1906	7h 04m	92%	82%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	2h 53m Denver	DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188	8h 32m	99%	82%
United Details →	SLC 06:45 → IAH 10:57UA 2366	3h 23m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	9h 22m	99%	81%
Southwest Details →	SLC 23:35 → BWI 05:40WN 3735	2h 45m Baltimore	BWI 08:25 → FLL 11:05 +1WN 945	9h 30m	100%	81%
American Details →	SLC 23:25 → CLT 05:22AA 2611	1h 53m Charlotte	CLT 07:15 → FLL 09:16 +1AA 1865	7h 51m	91%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SLC 12:35 → ORD 17:00UA 1178	59m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294	7h 40m	67%	43%
American Details →	SLC 14:00 → DFW 17:50AA 2613	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	6h 52m	57%	26%

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

DTW · 1h 07m · leaves 06:00 4%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 07:00 4%

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 06:45 5%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 11:25 25%

ORD · 59m · leaves 12:35 33%

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 14:00 43%

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