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 3% of the time at 7 am and 58% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	CVG	DTW	1h 16m	83%	0.6%	1,938	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.


Delta Details →	CVG 06:00 → MSP 06:57DL 2752	2h 03m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	5h 43m	98%	86%
United Details →	CVG 06:35 → IAH 08:11UA 2442	1h 34m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	7h 07m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	CVG 05:34 → ATL 07:04DL 2441	2h 14m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 38m	99%	85%
Frontier Details →	CVG 11:00 → TPA 13:15F9 1668	1h 55m Tampa	TPA 15:10 → DTW 17:55F9 1035	6h 55m	97%	85%
American Details →	CVG 06:00 → ORD 06:32AA 4094 · flown by Envoy	3h 28m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DTW 12:32AA 3498 · flown by Envoy	6h 34m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	CVG 07:05 → ATL 08:39DL 2302	2h 21m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	5h 51m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	CVG 07:00 → DCA 08:33DL 5229 · flown by Endeavor	3h 56m Washington	DCA 12:29 → DTW 14:04DL 2476	7h 04m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	CVG 13:31 → RDU 15:02DL 5400 · flown by Endeavor	3h 38m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 18:40 → DTW 20:31DL 1407	7h 00m	100%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CVG 14:32 → ATL 16:09DL 1140	1h 01m Atlanta	ATL 17:10 → DTW 19:11DL 2067	4h 39m	64%	47%
Delta Details →	CVG 17:10 → DCA 18:46DL 5134 · flown by Endeavor	1h 13m Washington	DCA 19:59 → DTW 21:41DL 2030	4h 30m	64%	41%
United Details →	CVG 18:12 → ORD 18:50UA 1813	57m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	4h 07m	42%	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

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 05:34 3%

EWR · 1h 10m · leaves 06:30 7%

IAD · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 01m · leaves 14:32 36%

EWR · 52m · leaves 17:31 37%

ORD · 57m · leaves 18:12 58%

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.


American AA 429 CVG 05:08 → CLT Delta DL 1639 CLT 09:42 → DTW Connection details →	3h 07m	6h 22m	96%	86%
Southwest WN 3349 CVG 07:00 → BNA Delta DL 2682 BNA 10:06 → DTW Connection details →	2h 56m	5h 49m	100%	86%
United UA 5618 CVG 06:00 → ORD American AA 3498 ORD 10:00 → DTW Connection details →	3h 24m	6h 34m	100%	86%

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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