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 7% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	TPA	BHM	1h 30m	80%	0.2%	425	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	TPA 09:20 → ATL 10:55WN 4987	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 13:30 → BHM 13:24DL 3012	5h 04m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	2h 19m Atlanta	ATL 11:15 → BHM 11:11DL 1017	4h 51m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	1h 37m Atlanta	ATL 08:25 → BHM 08:21DL 3100	4h 06m	97%	86%
American Details →	TPA 07:15 → CLT 09:07AA 2538	2h 23m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → BHM 12:09AA 4932 · flown by SkyWest	5h 54m	98%	83%
American Details →	TPA 05:45 → DFW 07:36AA 2268	2h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:50 → BHM 11:46AA 3469 · flown by Envoy	7h 01m	95%	82%
United Details →	TPA 11:55 → IAH 13:22UA 2421	1h 03m Houston	IAH 14:25 → BHM 16:20UA 6120 · flown by Mesa	5h 25m	91%	82%
Delta Details →	TPA 06:15 → ATL 07:51DL 1726	1h 59m Atlanta	ATL 09:50 → BHM 09:46DL 3164	4h 32m	95%	81%
American Details →	TPA 19:32 → MIA 20:37AA 3555 · flown by Envoy	2h 19m Miami	MIA 22:56 → BHM 23:59AA 3427 · flown by Envoy	5h 27m	94%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	TPA 15:18 → ATL 16:54DL 1525	1h 05m Atlanta	ATL 17:59 → BHM 17:55DL 1132	3h 38m	75%	56%
United Details →	TPA 17:25 → IAH 18:52UA 1834	1h 03m Houston	IAH 19:55 → BHM 21:53UA 4022 · flown by Mesa	5h 28m	66%	49%
American Details →	TPA 17:56 → PHL 20:40AA 2900	1h 25m Philadelphia	PHL 22:05 → BHM 23:40AA 5402 · flown by PSA	6h 44m	66%	44%

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

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 08:36 7%

ATL · 55m · leaves 08:45 11%

DFW · 1h 03m · leaves 07:00 18%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 17:25 34%

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 20:45 49%

MIA · 47m · leaves 13:54 53%

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