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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	GEG	3h 08m	83%	0.8%	782	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSP 11:10 → SEA 12:58DL 889	2h 42m Seattle	SEA 15:40 → GEG 16:57DL 3857 · flown by SkyWest	7h 47m	99%	91%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:17 → LAX 11:10DL 2102	1h 56m Los Angeles	LAX 13:06 → GEG 15:48DL 3794 · flown by SkyWest	8h 31m	97%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 15:15 → SEA 17:00DL 877	2h 56m Seattle	SEA 19:56 → GEG 21:12DL 3677 · flown by SkyWest	7h 57m	98%	87%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	55m Denver	DEN 07:50 → GEG 09:10WN 3433	5h 20m	96%	87%
Alaska Details →	MSP 06:03 → SEA 07:58AS 387	1h 57m Seattle	SEA 09:55 → GEG 11:00AS 2200 · flown by Horizon	6h 57m	97%	86%
United Details →	MSP 09:05 → DEN 10:21UA 1891	3h 25m Denver	DEN 13:46 → GEG 15:12UA 324	8h 06m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:05 → SEA 10:59DL 868	3h 20m Seattle	SEA 14:19 → GEG 15:40DL 4145 · flown by SkyWest	8h 35m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 15:45 → LAX 17:37DL 2114	3h 48m Los Angeles	LAX 21:25 → GEG 00:05 +1DL 3576 · flown by SkyWest	10h 20m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 15:15 → SEA 17:00DL 877	59m Seattle	SEA 17:59 → GEG 19:17DL 3832 · flown by SkyWest	6h 02m	74%	62%
American Details →	MSP 15:11 → DFW 17:50AA 2145	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:58 → GEG 20:45AA 1446	7h 34m	64%	31%

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

ATL · 1h 07m · leaves 05:20 6%

DEN · 54m · leaves 09:05 22%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 00m · leaves 20:20 16%

SEA · 59m · leaves 15:15 26%

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.


Delta DL 2415 MSP 09:00 → PDX Alaska AS 3262 PDX 14:30 → GEG Connection details →	3h 50m	8h 41m	99%	99%
Alaska AS 555 MSP 14:56 → SEA Delta DL 3677 SEA 19:56 → GEG Connection details →	3h 06m	8h 16m	97%	87%
Delta DL 2849 MSP 08:55 → DEN United UA 324 DEN 13:46 → GEG Connection details →	3h 41m	8h 16m	99%	86%

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