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 8 am and 29% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	TPA	AUS	2h 45m	81%	0.3%	1,154	Flying now
Delta	TPA	AUS	3h 07m	81%	1.5%	390	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	TPA 05:40 → HOU 06:55WN 4023	2h 30m Houston	HOU 09:25 → AUS 10:20WN 270	5h 40m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:52 → STL 07:15WN 4048	1h 10m St Louis	STL 08:25 → AUS 10:25WN 3884	5h 33m	98%	88%
Southwest Details →	TPA 06:05 → DAL 07:35WN 1406	1h 25m Dallas	DAL 09:00 → AUS 10:00WN 4172	4h 55m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	2h 09m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → AUS 12:25DL 2011	6h 06m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	1h 22m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → AUS 09:30DL 2976	5h 15m	97%	86%
Southwest Details →	TPA 07:05 → CMH 09:20WN 4754	1h 30m Columbus	CMH 10:50 → AUS 12:35WN 1178	6h 30m	100%	85%
United Details →	TPA 09:00 → IAD 11:22UA 2331	1h 48m Dulles	IAD 13:10 → AUS 15:37UA 2746	7h 37m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	TPA 08:45 → ATL 10:20DL 744	1h 56m Atlanta	ATL 12:16 → AUS 13:39DL 2104	5h 54m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	TPA 07:00 → DFW 08:50AA 1768	50m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:40 → AUS 10:42AA 1413	4h 42m	73%	50%
Delta Details →	TPA 17:55 → ATL 19:42DL 759	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 20:45 → AUS 22:07DL 1081	5h 17m	71%	42%
American Details →	TPA 19:50 → DFW 21:37AA 3272	1h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:50 → AUS 23:51AA 1588	5h 03m	35%	17%

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

STL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:52 2%

MIA · 1h 15m · leaves 07:00 4%

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 07:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 55m · leaves 20:45 51%

MIA · 55m · leaves 17:33 62%

DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 19:50 65%

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.


Southwest WN 4963 TPA 06:05 → MCI Delta DL 3650 MCI 10:02 → AUS Connection details →	2h 12m	7h 06m	98%	91%
Southwest WN 4987 TPA 09:20 → ATL Delta DL 1397 ATL 14:20 → AUS Connection details →	3h 25m	7h 30m	100%	79%
Delta DL 2330 TPA 05:15 → ATL Southwest WN 4777 ATL 09:50 → AUS Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 55m	98%	76%

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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