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 5% of the time at 9 am and 27% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ALB	DEN	4h 11m	86%	0.0%	93	Flying now
Southwest	ALB	DEN	4h 10m	71%	1.3%	225	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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.


United Details →	ALB 06:10 → ORD 07:47UA 2225	3h 07m Chicago	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	8h 35m	99%	95%
United Details →	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 Details →	ALB 09:36 → DTW 11:24DL 3697 · flown by SkyWest	1h 18m Detroit	DTW 12:42 → DEN 13:54DL 1648	6h 18m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:00 → ATL 08:32DL 2429	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706	8h 59m	98%	83%
Southwest Details →	ALB 06:00 → BWI 07:20WN 4623	2h 20m Baltimore	BWI 09:40 → DEN 11:25WN 275	7h 25m	98%	83%
American Details →	ALB 06:21 → PHL 07:40AA 5854 · flown by Piedmont	1h 55m Philadelphia	PHL 09:35 → DEN 11:56AA 3312	7h 35m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	ALB 06:06 → DTW 07:50DL 2996	50m Detroit	DTW 08:40 → DEN 09:53DL 1113	5h 47m	93%	80%
American Details →	ALB 06:46 → ORD 08:29AA 3460 · flown by Envoy	1h 31m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DEN 11:44AA 1744	6h 58m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ALB 18:29 → ATL 21:15DL 1053	1h 44m Atlanta	ATL 22:59 → DEN 00:23 +1DL 956	7h 53m	73%	53%
United Details →	ALB 14:50 → IAD 16:29UA 4942 · flown by CommuteAir	1h 12m Dulles	IAD 17:41 → DEN 19:45UA 599	6h 55m	73%	52%
American Details →	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.

Morning

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 06:00 5%

DTW · 50m · leaves 06:06 7%

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 07:40 7%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 12m · leaves 14:55 16%

IAD · 1h 12m · leaves 14:50 27%

ORD · 49m · leaves 19:56 41%

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.


American AA 3460 ALB 06:46 → ORD United UA 581 ORD 10:54 → DEN Connection details →	2h 25m	7h 59m	96%	93%
JetBlue B6 2920 ALB 06:00 → MCO United UA 1520 MCO 12:50 → DEN Connection details →	3h 50m	10h 51m	99%	90%
Delta DL 2429 ALB 06:00 → ATL United UA 1327 ATL 11:10 → DEN Connection details →	2h 38m	8h 28m	98%	87%

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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