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 80-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 38% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	EWR	MCI	3h 23m	79%	2.7%	490	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kansas City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kansas City is 1 h behind Newark). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	1h 05m Denver	DEN 09:50 → MCI 12:38UA 2159	7h 08m	97%	85%
United Details →	EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438	2h 15m Houston	IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa	8h 10m	99%	85%
American Details →	EWR 05:51 → DFW 08:40AA 2728	1h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → MCI 11:44AA 3661 · flown by Envoy	6h 53m	98%	84%
United Details →	EWR 07:51 → DEN 10:09UA 1701	3h 31m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586	9h 31m	97%	83%
American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	2h 54m Charlotte	CLT 09:51 → MCI 11:23AA 2052	7h 19m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	EWR 08:30 → ATL 10:52DL 2365	2h 32m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 02m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353	1h 41m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	6h 16m	93%	79%
Delta Details →	EWR 11:47 → MSP 13:44DL 2864	1h 36m Minneapolis	MSP 15:20 → MCI 16:47DL 1630	6h 01m	93%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	EWR 17:12 → DEN 19:45UA 1197	55m Denver	DEN 20:40 → MCI 23:25UA 1596	7h 13m	67%	44%
Delta Details →	EWR 18:59 → ATL 21:46DL 2430	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 22:48 → MCI 23:59DL 2911	6h 00m	60%	42%
American Details →	EWR 14:20 → ORD 16:15AA 2250	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 17:30 → MCI 19:14AA 6399 · flown by SkyWest	5h 58m	69%	29%

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

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 05:51 2%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 06:30 3%

ORD · 58m · leaves 06:00 9%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 55m · leaves 17:12 33%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 18:15 38%

ATL · 1h 02m · leaves 18:59 40%

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 3672 EWR 07:30 → DTW Delta DL 2741 DTW 12:25 → MCI Connection details →	2h 54m	6h 55m	100%	87%
United UA 1012 EWR 06:00 → ATL Southwest WN 3931 ATL 10:55 → MCI Connection details →	2h 32m	7h 00m	100%	83%
United UA 670 EWR 06:30 → DEN Southwest WN 1586 DEN 10:48 → MCI Connection details →	2h 03m	7h 58m	99%	81%

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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