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

Boston → Minneapolis via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 60%

  1. 07:15 BOS → 10:24 DFW
    DL 760 · Delta · 4h 09m · 78% on time, 2.3% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 11:16 DFW → 13:48 MSP
    DL 2972 · Delta · 2h 32m · 84% on time, 1.6% cancelled

Total trip 7h 33m, scheduled departure to arrival (Minneapolis is 1 h behind Boston). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time60%First flight not cancelled (2.3% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (1.6% are) and within 15 minutes (84%).
Total trip7h 33mBOS 07:15 to MSP 13:48, 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.