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 8% of the time at 10 am and 38% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	VPS	DCA	2h 15m	70%	3.5%	370	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	VPS 06:00 → MIA 08:46AA 4301 · flown by Envoy	3h 13m Miami	MIA 11:59 → DCA 14:44AA 1606	7h 44m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	VPS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3085	2h 45m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737	5h 42m	97%	76%
American Details →	VPS 06:30 → DFW 08:49AA 2560	1h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:56 → DCA 13:59AA 1624	6h 28m	89%	70%
Delta Details →	VPS 07:00 → ATL 09:15DL 2451	3h 54m Atlanta	ATL 13:09 → DCA 14:59DL 360	6h 59m	100%	70%
American Details →	VPS 07:13 → CLT 10:00AA 2185	1h 14m Charlotte	CLT 11:14 → DCA 12:59AA 5527 · flown by PSA	4h 45m	92%	69%
Delta Details →	VPS 17:07 → ATL 19:29DL 3083	2h 26m Atlanta	ATL 21:55 → DCA 23:44DL 537	5h 37m	96%	64%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 07:55 → BNA 09:25WN 4062	2h 15m Nashville	BNA 11:40 → DCA 14:34DL 5769 · flown by Republic	5h 39m	100%	63%
Delta Details →	VPS 14:45 → ATL 17:05DL 2832	3h 50m Atlanta	ATL 20:55 → DCA 22:47DL 378	7h 02m	96%	61%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	VPS 14:45 → ATL 17:05DL 2832	50m Atlanta	ATL 17:55 → DCA 19:48DL 832	4h 03m	72%	40%
American Details →	VPS 15:33 → DFW 17:50AA 2501	1h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:53 → DCA 22:59AA 2752	6h 27m	62%	36%
American Details →	VPS 18:37 → CLT 21:34AA 5439 · flown by PSA	54m Charlotte	CLT 22:28 → DCA 23:53AA 1269	4h 17m	47%	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

CLT · 1h 14m · leaves 07:13 8%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 10%

DFW · 1h 07m · leaves 06:30 11%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 50m · leaves 14:45 28%

DFW · 1h 03m · leaves 15:33 38%

CLT · 54m · leaves 18:37 53%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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