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 8 pm.

Nonstops


Frontier	TPA	DFW	2h 58m	83%	2.6%	265	Flying now
American	TPA	DFW	2h 58m	75%	3.3%	2,608	Flying now
Spirit	TPA	DFW	2h 55m	64%few flights	2.9%	34	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	TPA 09:15 → IAH 10:42UA 2319	1h 23m Houston	IAH 12:05 → DFW 13:34UA 4024 · flown by Mesa	5h 19m	95%	76%
Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	56m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	4h 56m	89%	76%
American Details →	TPA 07:00 → MIA 08:10AA 1740	50m Miami	MIA 09:00 → DFW 11:12AA 1227	5h 12m	90%	75%
Delta Details →	TPA 08:45 → ATL 10:20DL 744	1h 08m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	5h 05m	92%	73%
American Details →	TPA 08:36 → CLT 10:25AA 1704	1h 05m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	5h 40m	93%	72%
United Details →	TPA 11:55 → IAH 13:22UA 2421	1h 24m Houston	IAH 14:46 → DFW 16:16UA 1388	5h 21m	94%	71%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	52m Atlanta	ATL 07:40 → DFW 09:00DL 839	4h 44m	94%	71%
United Details →	TPA 07:15 → IAH 08:42UA 2491	49m Houston	IAH 09:31 → DFW 10:57UA 2074	4h 42m	86%	70%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	TPA 17:25 → IAH 18:52UA 1834	1h 07m Houston	IAH 19:59 → DFW 21:25UA 1949	5h 00m	68%	48%
Delta Details →	TPA 17:55 → ATL 19:42DL 759	1h 08m Atlanta	ATL 20:50 → DFW 22:11DL 3161	5h 17m	74%	39%
American Details →	TPA 13:54 → CLT 15:51AA 2836	47m Charlotte	CLT 16:38 → DFW 18:37AA 2815	5h 42m	45%	25%

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 · 52m · leaves 05:15 6%

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 08:36 7%

MIA · 50m · leaves 07:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 17:55 26%

IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 17:25 32%

CLT · 47m · leaves 13:54 55%

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.


Delta DL 2330 TPA 05:15 → ATL American AA 1567 ATL 08:22 → DFW Connection details →	1h 34m	5h 40m	93%	76%
JetBlue B6 392 TPA 20:33 → BOS Delta DL 2305 BOS 18:50 → DFW Connection details →	3h 23m	2h 34m	96%	60%
United UA 2491 TPA 07:15 → IAH American AA 1916 IAH 10:39 → DFW Connection details →	1h 57m	5h 48m	95%	60%

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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