Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 3% of the time at 8 am and 58% of the time at 7 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| JetBlue | DCA | JFK | 1h 17m | 82% | 5.4% | 445 | Flying now |
| Delta | DCA | JFK | 1h 20m | 80% | 5.7% | 1,043 | Flying now |
| United | IAD | EWR | 1h 22m | 76% | 2.7% | 1,824 | Flying now |
| United | IAD | LGA | 1h 27m | 75% | 6.6% | 1,450 | Flying now |
| American | DCA | JFK | 1h 29m | 74% | 5.2% | 1,243 | Flying now |
| United | DCA | EWR | 1h 22m | 72% | 5.8% | 3,282 | Flying now |
| Delta | DCA | LGA | 1h 18m | 68% | 6.0% | 2,313 | Flying now |
| American | DCA | LGA | 1h 21m | 67% | 5.8% | 2,520 | Flying now |
| Delta | IAD | JFK | 1h 30m | 64% | 6.0% | 713 | Flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| DeltaDetails → | BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950 | 2h 09m Atlanta | ATL 09:40 → JFK 12:00DL 1034 | 6h 16m | 98% | 85% |
| UnitedDetails → | IAD 08:21 → RDU 09:34UA 529 | 3h 06m Raleigh/Durham | RDU 12:40 → EWR 14:32UA 3443 · flown by Republic | 6h 11m | 100% | 85% |
| AmericanDetails → | BWI 05:02 → CLT 06:26AA 1708 | 1h 34m Charlotte | CLT 08:00 → EWR 09:59AA 1782 | 4h 57m | 98% | 84% |
| AmericanDetails → | BWI 06:15 → CLT 07:53AA 2670 | 2h 50m Charlotte | CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819 | 6h 22m | 98% | 83% |
| UnitedDetails → | IAD 08:25 → CHS 10:11UA 1108 | 1h 02m Charleston | CHS 11:13 → EWR 13:15UA 674 | 4h 50m | 95% | 83% |
| DeltaDetails → | IAD 06:00 → DTW 07:40DL 3826 · flown by SkyWest | 2h 30m Detroit | DTW 10:10 → JFK 11:59DL 2751 | 5h 59m | 96% | 83% |
| UnitedDetails → | IAD 08:15 → CAE 09:56UA 4818 · flown by CommuteAir | 1h 22m Columbia | CAE 11:18 → EWR 13:29UA 4607 · flown by GoJet | 5h 14m | 90% | 83% |
| UnitedDetails → | IAD 08:25 → CMH 09:49UA 4076 · flown by Mesa | 1h 46m Columbus | CMH 11:35 → EWR 13:28UA 3480 · flown by Republic | 5h 03m | 96% | 82% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| AmericanDetails → | DCA 09:00 → CVG 10:49AA 5145 · flown by PSA | 1h 00m Hebron | CVG 11:49 → JFK 14:00AA 4408 · flown by Republic | 5h 00m | 72% | 50% |
| UnitedDetails → | DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193 | 58m Chicago | ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209 | 5h 43m | 55% | 34% |
| AmericanDetails → | DCA 15:52 → ORD 17:25AA 3254 | 55m Chicago | ORD 18:20 → LGA 21:36AA 1724 | 5h 49m | 72% | 29% |
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.
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
| Southwest WN 1067 BWI 08:10 → RDU United UA 3443 RDU 12:40 → EWR Connection details → |
3h 10m | 6h 22m | 100% | 87% |
| Southwest WN 2739 DCA 06:55 → TPA Delta DL 2531 TPA 11:07 → LGA Connection details → |
1h 47m | 6h 58m | 97% | 86% |
| Southwest WN 4566 BWI 06:55 → BUF Delta DL 5376 BUF 10:20 → LGA Connection details → |
2h 10m | 4h 49m | 100% | 85% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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