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Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Des Moines → Detroit via Minneapolis: arrives on time 65%

  1. 06:50 DSM → 08:12 MSP
    DL 5402 · Delta, flown by Endeavor · 1h 22m · 85% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in Minneapolis (MSP) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 09:00 MSP → 11:43 DTW
    DL 1433 · Delta · 1h 43m · 89% on time, 0.6% cancelled

Total trip 3h 53m, scheduled departure to arrival (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Des Moines). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time65%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (0.6% are) and within 15 minutes (89%).
Total trip3h 53mDSM 06:50 to DTW 11:43, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.