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 11 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	ATL	MSP	2h 37m	82%	0.4%	3,225	Flying now
Frontier	ATL	MSP	2h 45m	64%	2.1%	192	Flying now
Spirit	ATL	MSP	2h 41m	83%	0.0%	101	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Minneapolis on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Minneapolis is 1 h behind Atlanta). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ATL 07:43 → STL 08:19DL 1571	2h 59m St Louis	STL 11:18 → MSP 12:55DL 3188	6h 12m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	ATL 11:05 → MCI 12:15DL 2747	3h 49m Kansas City	MCI 16:04 → MSP 17:40DL 1613	7h 35m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	2h 04m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 14:48 → MSP 16:41DL 2521	6h 29m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	ATL 08:05 → XNA 08:59DL 5339 · flown by Endeavor	2h 53m Fayetteville/Springdale/	XNA 11:52 → MSP 13:50DL 3536 · flown by SkyWest	6h 45m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	ATL 08:05 → MKE 09:06DL 2999	3h 01m Milwaukee	MKE 12:07 → MSP 13:29DL 561	6h 24m	99%	86%
United Details →	ATL 05:30 → IAD 07:20UA 641	1h 25m Dulles	IAD 08:45 → MSP 10:28UA 1998	5h 58m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	ATL 07:30 → CMH 09:02DL 1479	1h 51m Columbus	CMH 10:53 → MSP 11:55DL 2772	5h 25m	97%	85%
Delta Details →	ATL 07:25 → MCO 08:55DL 2204	2h 22m Orlando	MCO 11:17 → MSP 13:46DL 1730	7h 21m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ATL 17:10 → DTW 19:11DL 2067	54m Detroit	DTW 20:05 → MSP 21:00DL 1303	4h 50m	69%	45%
American Details →	ATL 19:43 → ORD 21:11AA 1372	1h 25m Chicago	ORD 22:36 → MSP 00:22 +1AA 4472 · flown by Republic	5h 39m	61%	36%
American Details →	ATL 13:39 → DFW 15:10AA 1358	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:59 → MSP 18:23AA 2148	5h 44m	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

OMA · 1h 20m · leaves 08:13 5%

BNA · 1h 19m · leaves 08:31 5%

BDL · 1h 05m · leaves 08:15 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 53m · leaves 15:50 51%

DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 16:16 55%

MDW · 1h 00m · leaves 19:35 69%

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.


Southwest WN 3937 ATL 06:50 → STL Delta DL 3188 STL 11:18 → MSP Connection details →	3h 48m	7h 05m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4363 ATL 06:00 → AUS Delta DL 3813 AUS 09:40 → MSP Connection details →	2h 20m	7h 38m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 2114 ATL 06:25 → DEN United UA 397 DEN 09:40 → MSP Connection details →	2h 10m	7h 15m	100%	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