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 10 am and 23% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	COS	MSP	2h 20m	85%	0.0%	93	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 ahead of Colorado Springs). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	COS 05:45 → DEN 06:45WN 1220	1h 05m Denver	DEN 07:50 → MSP 10:55WN 3420	4h 10m	96%	93%
United Details →	COS 05:30 → DEN 06:35UA 4697 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Denver	DEN 09:40 → MSP 12:40UA 397	6h 10m	100%	87%
Delta Details →	COS 08:14 → SLC 10:15DL 3940 · flown by SkyWest	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	5h 30m	95%	86%
United Details →	COS 08:45 → DEN 10:02UA 4725 · flown by SkyWest	3h 40m Denver	DEN 13:42 → MSP 16:46UA 732	7h 01m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	COS 06:00 → ATL 10:54DL 1074	1h 27m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	6h 57m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	COS 18:20 → SLC 20:16DL 4449 · flown by SkyWest	49m Salt Lake City	SLC 21:05 → MSP 00:34 +1DL 1173	5h 14m	86%	75%
United Details →	COS 11:31 → DEN 12:45UA 4675 · flown by SkyWest	2h 57m Denver	DEN 15:42 → MSP 18:46UA 2470	6h 15m	98%	73%
United Details →	COS 05:44 → ORD 09:45UA 5790 · flown by SkyWest	2h 55m Chicago	ORD 12:40 → MSP 14:20UA 2749	7h 36m	94%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	COS 17:15 → DFW 20:19AA 4956 · flown by SkyWest	1h 11m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:30 → MSP 23:57AA 3149	5h 42m	65%	27%
Southwest Details →	COS 16:55 → DEN 17:45WN 1222	1h 20m Denver	DEN 19:05 → MSP 22:10WN 2677	4h 12m	54%	18%

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

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 05:45 4%

SLC · 55m · leaves 08:14 5%

DFW · 59m · leaves 08:01 9%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 49m · leaves 18:20 14%

DFW · 1h 11m · leaves 17:15 35%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 16:55 46%

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 4256 COS 06:45 → PHX Delta DL 1047 PHX 09:43 → MSP Connection details →	2h 08m	7h 00m	98%	85%
Southwest WN 1220 COS 05:45 → DEN United UA 397 DEN 09:40 → MSP Connection details →	2h 55m	5h 55m	96%	84%
United UA 4697 COS 05:30 → DEN Delta DL 1675 DEN 09:19 → MSP Connection details →	2h 44m	5h 45m	97%	83%

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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