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 10 am and 37% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MCI	IND	1h 25m	79%	0.0%	350	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCI 05:00 → MCO 08:45WN 2209	1h 05m Orlando	MCO 09:50 → IND 12:12WN 4655	6h 12m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	2h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:05 → IND 12:40DL 3013	6h 02m	99%	86%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → DEN 06:56UA 355	3h 02m Denver	DEN 09:58 → IND 14:35UA 1522	7h 35m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	MCI 05:18 → BWI 08:42WN 2536	2h 03m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → IND 12:30WN 960	6h 12m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	MCI 06:15 → MDW 07:40WN 2569	2h 25m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → IND 12:08WN 3877	4h 52m	100%	84%
American Details →	MCI 05:30 → ORD 07:31AA 3845 · flown by Envoy	1h 59m Chicago	ORD 09:30 → IND 11:40AA 2898	5h 10m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	MCI 10:02 → AUS 12:11DL 3650 · flown by SkyWest	1h 52m Austin	AUS 14:03 → IND 17:47DL 4027 · flown by SkyWest	6h 45m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	MCI 10:33 → DTW 13:30DL 2826	2h 30m Detroit	DTW 16:00 → IND 17:20DL 5826 · flown by Republic	5h 47m	98%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCI 18:41 → ORD 20:33UA 303	52m Chicago	ORD 21:25 → IND 23:44UA 3660 · flown by Republic	4h 03m	63%	45%
Southwest Details →	MCI 17:30 → BNA 19:05WN 4269	1h 30m Nashville	BNA 20:35 → IND 22:50WN 539	4h 20m	74%	43%
American Details →	MCI 17:21 → PHL 21:10AA 2875	50m Philadelphia	PHL 22:00 → IND 23:57 +1AA 1247	5h 41m	71%	41%

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

HOU · 1h 15m · leaves 06:30 0%

MCO · 1h 05m · leaves 05:00 4%

ORD · 1h 18m · leaves 09:34 5%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 50m · leaves 17:45 21%

PHL · 50m · leaves 17:21 29%

ORD · 52m · leaves 19:46 71%

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.


Southwest WN 2546 MCI 06:55 → DEN United UA 1522 DEN 09:58 → IND Connection details →	2h 13m	6h 40m	100%	87%
United UA 1491 MCI 07:53 → ORD American AA 3596 ORD 12:49 → IND Connection details →	3h 04m	6h 10m	98%	83%
United UA 5358 MCI 11:33 → DEN Frontier F9 2348 DEN 15:29 → IND Connection details →	2h 51m	7h 33m	97%	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