Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s STL → ECP flights land within a few points of 3 in 4 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	STL	ECP	1h 45m	76%	0.3%	315	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Panama City Beach on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	STL 05:40 → MDW 06:45WN 1008	1h 55m Chicago	MDW 08:40 → ECP 10:50WN 2773	5h 10m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	STL 06:00 → ATL 08:38DL 1524	2h 03m Atlanta	ATL 10:41 → ECP 10:50DL 3045	4h 50m	99%	85%
Southwest Details →	STL 08:10 → MCI 09:15WN 3943	1h 25m Kansas City	MCI 10:40 → ECP 12:45WN 2552	4h 35m	100%	82%
American Details →	STL 09:08 → ORD 10:36AA 4104 · flown by Envoy	1h 33m Chicago	ORD 12:09 → ECP 14:42AA 4534 · flown by Republic	5h 34m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	STL 07:08 → ATL 09:45DL 1536	2h 42m Atlanta	ATL 12:27 → ECP 12:31DL 1359	5h 26m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	STL 13:22 → ATL 16:07DL 566	3h 58m Atlanta	ATL 20:05 → ECP 20:16DL 2494	6h 55m	99%	79%
American Details →	STL 09:25 → CLT 12:17AA 2733	2h 45m Charlotte	CLT 15:02 → ECP 15:46AA 3535 · flown by Envoy	6h 21m	95%	79%
Frontier + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	STL 17:06 → ATL 20:07F9 4474	3h 20m Atlanta	ATL 23:27 → ECP 23:37DL 3131	6h 33m	94%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	STL 14:57 → IAH 17:16UA 5580 · flown by SkyWest	49m Houston	IAH 18:05 → ECP 20:01UA 4043 · flown by Mesa	5h 04m	56%	44%
American Details →	STL 09:43 → DFW 11:38AA 1410	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:27 → ECP 14:31AA 1796	4h 48m	73%	36%
American Details →	STL 13:14 → DFW 15:10AA 5655 · flown by PSA	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:05 → ECP 18:17AA 5187 · flown by PSA	5h 03m	60%	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

ATL · 56m · leaves 07:08 5%

HOU · 1h 00m · leaves 07:55 12%

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 08:00 14%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 49m · leaves 14:57 44%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 17:13 56%

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