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 80-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 9 am and 23% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (none in the current schedule)


United	SRQ	IAH	2h 48m	84%	1.1%	95	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Houston is 1 h behind Sarasota/Bradenton). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 06:21 → CLT 08:15AA 2264	3h 33m Charlotte	CLT 11:48 → IAH 13:34UA 6236 · flown by Mesa	8h 13m	97%	86%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 06:15 → MCO 07:10WN 385	2h 00m Orlando	MCO 09:10 → IAH 10:45UA 2611	5h 30m	97%	85%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 06:00 → ATL 07:43DL 1499	3h 54m Atlanta	ATL 11:37 → IAH 12:47UA 425	7h 47m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	SRQ 07:04 → ATL 08:45DL 1445	3h 45m Atlanta	ATL 12:30 → IAH 13:38DL 1572	7h 34m	99%	82%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 06:45 → BWI 09:10WN 3876	3h 45m Baltimore	BWI 12:55 → IAH 15:11UA 743	9h 26m	98%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 11:37 → CLT 13:35AA 2693	3h 25m Charlotte	CLT 17:00 → IAH 18:58UA 4020 · flown by Mesa	8h 21m	97%	78%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SRQ 06:15 → MIA 07:17AA 4139 · flown by Envoy	1h 31m Miami	MIA 08:48 → IAH 10:42UA 2417	5h 27m	92%	77%
United Details →	SRQ 06:00 → EWR 08:53UA 1343	2h 00m Newark	EWR 10:53 → IAH 13:38UA 556	8h 38m	96%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SRQ 17:41 → DFW 19:35AA 2704	1h 35m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:10 → IAH 22:24AA 2209	5h 43m	66%	30%

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

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 07:04 4%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 59m · leaves 14:30 19%

ATL · 56m · leaves 19:57 22%

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 16:30 23%

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