Connect in the morning. The same 75-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and 27% of the time at 4 pm.
Nonstops (seasonal or thin)
Nonstop details →Best connections, any airlines
Ranked by chance you reach Denver on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Denver is 2 h behind Albany). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225 | 3h 07m Chicago | ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581 | 8h 35m | 99% | 95% |
| JetBlue + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | ALB 06:00 → MCO 09:00B6 2920 | 3h 50m Orlando | MCO 12:50 → DEN 14:51UA 1520 | 10h 51m | 99% | 90% |
| UnitedDetails → | ALB 06:00 → IAD 07:35UA 4970 · flown by CommuteAir | 2h 38m Dulles | IAD 10:13 → DEN 12:05UA 1865 | 8h 05m | 99% | 90% |
| Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | ALB 06:00 → ATL 08:32DL 2429 | 2h 38m Atlanta | ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327 | 8h 28m | 98% | 87% |
| Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | ALB 05:45 → LGA 06:50DL 5454 · flown by Endeavor | 3h 10m New York | LGA 10:00 → DEN 12:20UA 716 | 8h 35m | 97% | 85% |
| Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → | ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 55m Detroit | DTW 13:19 → DEN 14:35F9 3565 | 6h 59m | 100% | 85% |
| SouthwestDetails → | ALB 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 4623 | 2h 20m Baltimore | BWI 09:40 → DEN 11:25WN 275 | 7h 25m | 98% | 83% |
| Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → | ALB 09:55 → MCO 12:45WN 162 | 2h 56m Orlando | MCO 15:41 → DEN 18:09UA 2845 | 10h 14m | 96% | 82% |
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| DeltaDetails → | ALB 18:29 → ATL 21:15DL 1053 | 1h 44m Atlanta | ATL 22:59 → DEN 00:23 +1DL 956 | 7h 53m | 73% | 53% |
| UnitedDetails → | ALB 14:50 → IAD 16:29UA 4942 · flown by CommuteAir | 1h 12m Dulles | IAD 17:41 → DEN 19:45UA 599 | 6h 55m | 73% | 52% |
| AmericanDetails → | ALB 19:56 → ORD 21:45AA 6433 · flown by SkyWest | 49m Chicago | ORD 22:34 → DEN 00:17 +1AA 1387 | 6h 20m | 59% | 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.
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
The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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