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 5% of the time at 7 am and 42% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	CLE	DTW	1h 00m	80%	0.7%	1,865	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 20m Dulles	IAD 08:35 → DTW 10:14UA 6137 · flown by Mesa	4h 14m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	1h 57m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	5h 43m	95%	84%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	1h 56m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 37m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 10:48 → MSP 11:55DL 2847	1h 00m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	4h 50m	94%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	2h 05m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	5h 51m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:05 → BOS 08:09DL 5684 · flown by Republic	1h 06m Boston	BOS 09:15 → DTW 11:25DL 1748	5h 20m	93%	80%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	46m Charlotte	CLT 07:28 → DTW 09:17AA 1791	4h 16m	88%	79%
Delta Details →	CLE 10:20 → ATL 12:07DL 1500	1h 40m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	5h 22m	95%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CLE 17:46 → BOS 19:55DL 5641 · flown by Republic	1h 10m Boston	BOS 21:05 → DTW 23:21DL 2896	5h 35m	74%	39%
United Details →	CLE 19:55 → IAD 21:19UA 3433 · flown by Republic	51m Dulles	IAD 22:10 → DTW 23:51UA 3995 · flown by Mesa	3h 56m	69%	38%
United Details →	CLE 18:05 → ORD 18:44UA 1673	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	4h 14m	58%	35%

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 20m · leaves 06:00 1%

LGA · 1h 11m · leaves 05:18 5%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 08:05 6%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 1h 10m · leaves 15:19 23%

BOS · 1h 10m · leaves 17:46 26%

ORD · 1h 03m · leaves 18:05 42%

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.


United UA 1252 CLE 06:00 → IAD Delta DL 2884 IAD 11:10 → DTW Connection details →	3h 55m	6h 44m	100%	89%
American AA 2632 CLE 05:01 → CLT Delta DL 1639 CLT 09:42 → DTW Connection details →	3h 00m	6h 29m	98%	88%
Southwest WN 1165 CLE 07:05 → STL Delta DL 2868 STL 10:20 → DTW Connection details →	2h 40m	5h 50m	97%	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