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 6 am and 3 times in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	AUS	DTW	3h 01m	88%	1.5%	1,285	Flying now
Spirit	AUS	DTW	3h 02m	75%few flights	0.0%	36	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	2h 37m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	7h 48m	99%	95%
Delta Details →	AUS 06:10 → MSP 08:57DL 1242	3h 58m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	8h 28m	98%	87%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	3h 12m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	7h 12m	99%	87%
United Details →	AUS 09:35 → IAH 10:45UA 2196	3h 13m Houston	IAH 13:58 → DTW 17:59UA 6131 · flown by Mesa	7h 24m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	AUS 07:25 → LAX 08:37DL 306	1h 08m Los Angeles	LAX 09:45 → DTW 17:10DL 494	8h 45m	95%	85%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:25 → BNA 10:45DL 3960 · flown by SkyWest	3h 18m Nashville	BNA 14:03 → DTW 16:46DL 1557	7h 22m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	AUS 07:10 → MCI 09:22DL 3650 · flown by SkyWest	1h 11m Kansas City	MCI 10:33 → DTW 13:30DL 2826	5h 20m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:30 → PHX 09:00DL 3747 · flown by SkyWest	2h 06m Phoenix	PHX 11:06 → DTW 17:54DL 1070	8h 24m	96%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	AUS 17:41 → CLT 21:39AA 1408	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 22:51 → DTW 00:41 +1AA 370	6h 00m	74%	56%
Delta Details →	AUS 13:48 → MSP 16:36DL 2062	1h 00m Minneapolis	MSP 17:36 → DTW 20:22DL 1435	5h 34m	69%	51%
United Details →	AUS 15:37 → ORD 18:39UA 1625	1h 08m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	5h 42m	73%	45%

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

IAD · 1h 07m · leaves 07:30 3%

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 06:16 3%

MCI · 1h 11m · leaves 07:10 4%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 16:30 57%

FLL · 49m · leaves 13:52 61%

MDW · 50m · leaves 15:30 93%

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 282 AUS 05:45 → DEN United UA 1915 DEN 09:35 → DTW Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 42m	100%	96%
Frontier F9 1859 AUS 20:15 → DEN Delta DL 1096 DEN 00:59 → DTW Connection details →	3h 10m	8h 33m	99%	89%
Southwest WN 967 AUS 05:25 → BWI Delta DL 1546 BWI 12:32 → DTW Connection details →	2h 52m	7h 43m	100%	88%

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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