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 7% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	ATL	TVC	2h 10m	78%few flights	2.7%	37	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	ATL 08:35 → BOS 11:14DL 2432	2h 51m Boston	BOS 14:05 → TVC 16:38DL 5821 · flown by Republic	8h 03m	100%	83%
American Details →	ATL 05:00 → CLT 06:25AA 5507 · flown by PSA	2h 45m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → TVC 11:39AA 5433 · flown by PSA	6h 39m	96%	82%
Frontier + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 05:05 → BOS 07:52F9 3512	2h 21m Boston	BOS 10:13 → TVC 12:44AA 4516 · flown by Republic	7h 39m	91%	80%
Delta Details →	ATL 07:25 → MSP 09:00DL 2668	1h 24m Minneapolis	MSP 10:24 → TVC 12:54DL 3995 · flown by SkyWest	5h 29m	97%	78%
United Details →	ATL 06:07 → EWR 08:25UA 299	2h 11m Newark	EWR 10:36 → TVC 13:00UA 3588 · flown by Republic	6h 53m	98%	78%
American Details →	ATL 06:00 → PHL 08:11AA 3270	2h 19m Philadelphia	PHL 10:30 → TVC 12:47AA 5480 · flown by PSA	6h 47m	99%	76%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 06:25 → DEN 07:30WN 2114	2h 15m Denver	DEN 09:45 → TVC 14:26UA 1887	8h 01m	100%	76%
Delta Details →	ATL 17:10 → DTW 19:11DL 2067	3h 40m Detroit	DTW 22:51 → TVC 22:42DL 2424	6h 48m	99%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ATL 07:25 → ORD 08:45AA 616	47m Chicago	ORD 09:32 → TVC 11:54AA 4190 · flown by Envoy	4h 29m	62%	55%
United Details →	ATL 15:30 → ORD 16:57UA 516	1h 02m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → TVC 20:19UA 2790	4h 49m	75%	46%
American Details →	ATL 19:43 → ORD 21:11AA 1372	49m Chicago	ORD 22:00 → TVC 00:17 +1AA 3910 · flown by Envoy	4h 37m	37%	26%

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

PHL · 1h 15m · leaves 07:05 7%

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 06:24 7%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 09:43 8%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 49m · leaves 19:43 63%

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.

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.

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