Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 6% of the time at 12 pm and 22% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	DEN	ALB	3h 48m	69%	0.0%	94	Flying now
Southwest	DEN	ALB	3h 25m	66%	0.9%	225	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Albany on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Albany is 2 h ahead of Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	DEN 23:50 → BWI 05:15WN 1501	1h 45m Baltimore	BWI 07:00 → ALB 08:20 +1WN 857	6h 30m	98%	88%
American Details →	DEN 23:59 → CLT 05:13AA 3156	3h 42m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → ALB 10:52 +1AA 1352	8h 53m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	DEN 00:40 → ATL 05:42DL 302	3h 28m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → ALB 11:31DL 1137	8h 51m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DEN 06:05 → DTW 10:57DL 1745	3h 44m Detroit	DTW 14:41 → ALB 16:22DL 3785 · flown by SkyWest	8h 17m	98%	80%
American Details →	DEN 23:55 → PHL 05:32AA 2500	3h 28m Philadelphia	PHL 09:00 → ALB 10:26 +1AA 6026 · flown by Piedmont	8h 31m	93%	80%
American Details →	DEN 12:16 → PHL 17:59AA 3312	3h 51m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → ALB 23:23AA 5877 · flown by Piedmont	9h 07m	100%	79%
United Details →	DEN 06:00 → ORD 09:42UA 1377	2h 26m Chicago	ORD 12:08 → ALB 15:17UA 1554	7h 17m	98%	79%
United Details →	DEN 23:59 → IAD 05:27UA 1924	3h 08m Dulles	IAD 08:35 → ALB 10:11 +1UA 4812 · flown by CommuteAir	8h 12m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DEN 15:40 → IAD 21:11UA 421	59m Dulles	IAD 22:10 → ALB 23:47UA 4321 · flown by CommuteAir	6h 07m	70%	55%
American Details →	DEN 15:13 → PHL 20:59AA 1759	51m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → ALB 23:23AA 5877 · flown by Piedmont	6h 10m	54%	43%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

IAD · 59m · leaves 06:13 6%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 13:25 22%

IAD · 59m · leaves 15:40 30%

PHL · 51m · leaves 15:13 46%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


United UA 1214 DEN 23:59 → PHL American AA 6026 PHL 09:00 → ALB Connection details →	3h 29m	8h 27m	98%	87%
Frontier F9 3566 DEN 07:41 → DTW Delta DL 3785 DTW 14:41 → ALB Connection details →	2h 06m	6h 41m	95%	78%
American AA 2771 DEN 07:05 → ORD United UA 5451 ORD 14:30 → ALB Connection details →	3h 45m	8h 48m	98%	74%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON