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

Milwaukee → Detroit via Chicago: arrives on time 47%

  1. 08:50 MKE → 10:00 ORD
    UA 5402 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 10m · 74% on time, 3.3% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 10:50 ORD → 13:27 DTW
    UA 5756 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 37m · 77% on time, 1.1% cancelled

Total trip 3h 37m, scheduled departure to arrival (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Milwaukee). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time47%First flight not cancelled (3.3% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (1.1% are) and within 15 minutes (77%).
Total trip3h 37mMKE 08:50 to DTW 13:27, 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.