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 9 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SLC	TPA	4h 09m	88%	0.3%	363	Flying now
Southwest	SLC	TPA	–	0%few flights	0.0%	5	Not 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 2 h ahead of Salt Lake City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	SLC 23:35 → BWI 05:40WN 3735	2h 50m Baltimore	BWI 08:30 → TPA 11:00 +1WN 1120	9h 25m	100%	95%
Delta + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15DL 912	1h 50m Atlanta	ATL 07:05 → TPA 08:30 +1WN 244	6h 55m	90%	90%
American Details →	SLC 23:25 → CLT 05:22AA 2611	2h 16m Charlotte	CLT 07:38 → TPA 09:22 +1AA 3320	7h 57m	96%	89%
United Details →	SLC 05:15 → DEN 06:54UA 5683 · flown by SkyWest	2h 46m Denver	DEN 09:40 → TPA 15:14UA 1010	7h 59m	99%	88%
United Details →	SLC 16:21 → SFO 17:23UA 1955	3h 50m San Francisco	SFO 21:13 → TPA 05:38 +1UA 649	11h 17m	97%	87%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 08:16 → DEN 10:01F9 3862	3h 54m Denver	DEN 13:55 → TPA 19:33UA 2375	9h 17m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	SLC 07:45 → AUS 11:25DL 2671	3h 30m Austin	AUS 14:55 → TPA 19:01DL 3734 · flown by SkyWest	9h 16m	99%	82%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SLC 23:00 → MIA 05:42DL 2040	2h 24m Miami	MIA 08:06 → TPA 09:14 +1AA 2781	8h 14m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	SLC 18:44 → SEA 20:00AS 665	1h 18m Seattle	SEA 21:18 → TPA 05:48 +1AS 639	9h 04m	66%	56%
Delta Details →	SLC 20:40 → LAX 21:45DL 1142	49m Los Angeles	LAX 22:34 → TPA 06:16 +1DL 910	7h 36m	67%	51%
Southwest Details →	SLC 16:45 → DEN 18:15WN 3740	1h 00m Denver	DEN 19:15 → TPA 00:55 +1WN 2232	6h 05m	28%	11%

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 · 58m · leaves 07:00 5%

BOS · 55m · leaves 23:31 11%

JFK · 1h 18m · leaves 22:39 13%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 49m · leaves 20:40 33%

ORD · 56m · leaves 12:35 35%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 16:45 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