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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 7 am and 14% of the time at 3 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	TPA	DAL	2h 45m	78%	1.3%	1,294	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	1h 19m Atlanta	ATL 10:15 → DAL 11:24DL 1115	5h 04m	96%	87%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:40 → HOU 06:55WN 4023	1h 05m Houston	HOU 08:00 → DAL 09:10WN 8	4h 30m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	1h 24m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → DAL 09:24DL 441	5h 11m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	TPA 11:14 → ATL 12:53DL 1227	1h 06m Atlanta	ATL 13:59 → DAL 15:03DL 512	4h 58m	89%	75%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:52 → STL 07:15WN 4048	55m St Louis	STL 08:10 → DAL 09:50WN 23	4h 58m	98%	71%
Delta Details →	TPA 13:50 → ATL 15:28DL 1099	1h 10m Atlanta	ATL 16:38 → DAL 17:55DL 2780	5h 05m	86%	65%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	TPA 12:40 → HOU 14:00WN 4468	1h 00m Houston	HOU 15:00 → DAL 16:10WN 36	4h 30m	65%	49%
Southwest Details →	TPA 09:30 → BNA 10:20WN 4002	50m Nashville	BNA 11:10 → DAL 13:05WN 487	4h 35m	61%	41%
Southwest Details →	TPA 18:55 → AUS 20:25WN 4001	1h 30m Austin	AUS 21:55 → DAL 23:02WN 280	5h 08m	50%	26%

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 · 55m · leaves 05:52 2%

HOU · 1h 05m · leaves 05:40 4%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 07:20 4%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 13:50 14%

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 392 TPA 20:33 → BOS Southwest WN 737 BOS 17:45 → DAL Connection details →	2h 18m	1h 22m	86%	31%

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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