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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Billings via Minneapolis: arrives on time 48%

  1. 18:31 DFW → 21:00 MSP
    DL 2873 · Delta · 2h 29m · 55% on time, 2.4% cancelled
  2. 1h 15m layover in Minneapolis (MSP) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:15 MSP → 23:30 BIL
    DL 2941 · Delta · 2h 15m · 80% on time, 1.3% cancelled

Total trip 5h 59m, scheduled departure to arrival (Billings is 1 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 41 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection62%The first flight arrived more than 30 minutes late on 38% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 15m layover.
Arrives on time48%First flight not cancelled (2.4% are) × connection made (62%) × second flight not cancelled (1.3% are) and within 15 minutes (80%).
Total trip5h 59mDFW 18:31 to BIL 23:30, 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.