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

Minneapolis → Des Moines via Chicago: arrives on time 43%

  1. 15:56 MSP → 17:44 ORD
    AA 4000 · American, flown by Envoy · 1h 49m · 73% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:40 ORD → 20:13 DSM
    AA 4102 · American, flown by Envoy · 1h 33m · 69% on time, 9.7% cancelled

Total trip 4h 17m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 36 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection68%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 32% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time43%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (68%) × second flight not cancelled (9.7% are) and within 15 minutes (69%).
Total trip4h 17mMSP 15:56 to DSM 20:13, 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.