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 6% of the time at 9 am and 29% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	TPA	SLC	4h 55m	91%	0.3%	363	Flying now
Southwest	TPA	SLC	–	60%few flights	0.0%	5	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Salt Lake City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Salt Lake City is 2 h behind Tampa). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	TPA 07:20 → ATL 08:56DL 1486	1h 09m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	6h 50m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	TPA 05:15 → ATL 06:48DL 2330	1h 27m Atlanta	ATL 08:15 → SLC 10:15DL 830	7h 00m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	TPA 08:45 → ATL 10:20DL 744	1h 34m Atlanta	ATL 11:54 → SLC 13:50DL 663	7h 05m	94%	81%
Southwest Details →	TPA 05:55 → AUS 07:20WN 3998	1h 55m Austin	AUS 09:15 → SLC 11:00WN 403	7h 05m	100%	79%
American Details →	TPA 07:00 → MIA 08:10AA 1740	1h 29m Miami	MIA 09:39 → SLC 12:40AA 483	7h 35m	97%	79%
United Details →	TPA 08:00 → DEN 10:02UA 2167	1h 38m Denver	DEN 11:40 → SLC 13:13UA 1963	7h 13m	97%	77%
United Details →	TPA 07:15 → IAH 08:42UA 2491	1h 03m Houston	IAH 09:45 → SLC 11:59UA 756	6h 44m	94%	76%
Delta Details →	TPA 11:14 → ATL 12:53DL 1227	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 13:55 → SLC 15:51DL 423	6h 39m	87%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	TPA 14:00 → DTW 16:48DL 2587	52m Detroit	DTW 17:40 → SLC 19:38DL 765	7h 38m	71%	55%
American Details →	TPA 11:33 → DFW 13:17AA 2814	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:10 → SLC 15:52AA 2594	6h 19m	72%	32%
American Details →	TPA 19:50 → DFW 21:37AA 3272	1h 15m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:52 → SLC 00:36 +1AA 2378	6h 46m	37%	15%

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 · 1h 09m · leaves 07:20 5%

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 07:15 6%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 05:45 10%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 52m · leaves 14:00 29%

DEN · 1h 03m · leaves 16:20 31%

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 19:50 63%

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 4003 TPA 11:00 → BNA Delta DL 1593 BNA 14:01 → SLC Connection details →	2h 06m	7h 37m	89%	78%
Southwest WN 4019 TPA 07:35 → DEN United UA 1963 DEN 11:40 → SLC Connection details →	2h 15m	7h 38m	95%	76%
American AA 1189 TPA 09:11 → DFW Delta DL 2798 DFW 12:30 → SLC Connection details →	1h 33m	7h 14m	80%	65%

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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