Mon, Oct 5 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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 12 pm and 38% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Frontier	MCO	GRR	3h 01m	89%	0.5%	197	Flying now
Southwest	MCO	GRR	2h 50m	77%	0.6%	171	Not flying now
Delta	MCO	GRR	2h 46m	61%few flights	0.0%	28	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Grand Rapids on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MCO 12:32 → DTW 15:20DL 1455	2h 40m Detroit	DTW 18:00 → GRR 19:01DL 5800 · flown by Republic	6h 29m	98%	91%
American Details →	MCO 06:30 → ORD 08:36AA 938	3h 20m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → GRR 14:05AA 3553 · flown by Envoy	7h 35m	99%	86%
American Details →	MCO 05:00 → CLT 06:45AA 1896	2h 14m Charlotte	CLT 08:59 → GRR 10:52AA 1890	5h 52m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCO 06:15 → ATL 07:52DL 1494	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 09:50 → GRR 11:46DL 2547	5h 31m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MCO 10:05 → ATL 11:41DL 2204	3h 38m Atlanta	ATL 15:19 → GRR 17:14DL 2058	7h 10m	98%	80%
United Details →	MCO 07:09 → ORD 09:18UA 1150	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → GRR 12:50UA 1297	5h 41m	89%	79%
Southwest Details →	MCO 07:25 → MDW 09:15WN 2654	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → GRR 12:05WN 2779	4h 40m	88%	79%
Delta Details →	MCO 11:17 → MSP 13:46DL 1730	2h 16m Minneapolis	MSP 16:02 → GRR 18:28DL 1555	7h 11m	99%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MCO 18:48 → ATL 20:48DL 1742	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 21:59 → GRR 23:54DL 2865	5h 07m	62%	49%
American Details →	MCO 15:45 → DFW 17:47AA 2143	1h 53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:40 → GRR 23:09AA 981	7h 24m	70%	34%
American Details →	MCO 19:34 → CLT 21:39AA 2100	49m Charlotte	CLT 22:28 → GRR 00:21 +1AA 3113	4h 46m	43%	27%

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 09m · leaves 07:00 7%

ORD · 52m · leaves 09:40 8%

CLT · 55m · leaves 06:15 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 16:45 45%

CLT · 49m · leaves 19:34 57%

DFW · 50m · leaves 16:48 62%

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 1150 MCO 07:09 → ORD American AA 3553 ORD 11:56 → GRR Connection details →	2h 38m	6h 56m	92%	83%
American AA 938 MCO 06:30 → ORD United UA 1297 ORD 10:37 → GRR Connection details →	2h 01m	6h 20m	93%	80%
Frontier F9 1241 MCO 09:51 → ATL Delta DL 2058 ATL 15:19 → GRR Connection details →	3h 40m	7h 24m	96%	78%

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