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 90-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 11 am and 1 time in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	TPA	CLE	2h 39m	78%	1.2%	891	Flying now
United	TPA	CLE	2h 35m	84%	0.0%	131	Not flying now
Southwest	TPA	CLE	–	57%few flights	0.0%	7	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	TPA 05:20 → MDW 07:00WN 4031	55m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → CLE 10:10WN 4088	4h 50m	94%	88%
Southwest Details →	TPA 08:00 → MDW 09:40WN 2869	2h 35m Chicago	MDW 12:15 → CLE 14:25WN 1813	6h 25m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	6h 18m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	TPA 10:00 → ATL 11:35DL 2605	2h 01m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	5h 23m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	6h 18m	98%	84%
American Details →	TPA 06:44 → ORD 08:49AA 354	2h 41m Chicago	ORD 11:30 → CLE 14:02AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	7h 18m	97%	81%
United Details →	TPA 09:00 → IAD 11:22UA 2331	1h 23m Dulles	IAD 12:45 → CLE 14:06UA 1709	5h 06m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	TPA 11:14 → ATL 12:53DL 1227	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 15:26 → CLE 17:17DL 880	6h 03m	99%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Frontier Details →	TPA 07:00 → ATL 09:01F9 1853	55m Atlanta	ATL 09:56 → CLE 11:50F9 2410	4h 50m	72%	51%
American Details →	TPA 14:15 → ORD 16:22AA 2834	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 17:39 → CLE 20:14AA 3466 · flown by Envoy	5h 57m	71%	46%
American Details →	TPA 19:03 → DCA 21:29AA 2773	1h 01m Washington	DCA 22:30 → CLE 23:59AA 5079 · flown by PSA	4h 56m	56%	19%

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 10:15 14%

DFW · 1h 11m · leaves 07:00 14%

ATL · 47m · leaves 07:20 21%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 13:54 34%

PHL · 1h 20m · leaves 17:56 35%

DCA · 1h 01m · leaves 19:03 44%

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.


JetBlue B6 1906 TPA 07:36 → FLL United UA 2067 FLL 11:20 → CLE Connection details →	2h 39m	6h 29m	98%	88%
Southwest WN 4987 TPA 09:20 → ATL Delta DL 2545 ATL 13:36 → CLE Connection details →	2h 41m	6h 03m	100%	87%
Delta DL 2406 TPA 07:00 → BOS JetBlue B6 641 BOS 13:06 → CLE Connection details →	2h 55m	8h 05m	99%	79%

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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