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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 70-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 12 pm and 27% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Frontier DEN RIC 3h 26m 90% 0.0% 78 Flying now
United DEN RIC 3h 35m 75% 0.7% 416 Flying now
Southwest DEN RIC 3h 15m 64% 1.0% 297 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Richmond on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Richmond is 2 h ahead of Denver). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → DEN 23:59 → IAD 05:27UA 1924 3h 23m Dulles IAD 08:50 → RIC 09:55 +1UA 4498 · flown by GoJet 7h 56m 100% 89%
UnitedDetails → DEN 05:00 → IAH 08:32UA 320 3h 31m Houston IAH 12:03 → RIC 16:11UA 4057 · flown by Mesa 9h 11m 100% 88%
DeltaDetails → DEN 00:40 → ATL 05:42DL 302 1h 54m Atlanta ATL 07:36 → RIC 09:14DL 1462 6h 34m 99% 87%
DeltaDetails → DEN 23:59 → JFK 05:48DL 758 3h 32m New York JFK 09:20 → RIC 11:01 +1DL 5316 · flown by Endeavor 9h 02m 100% 86%
DeltaDetails → DEN 05:45 → ATL 10:42DL 341 1h 48m Atlanta ATL 12:30 → RIC 14:05DL 1437 6h 20m 97% 85%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → DEN 23:59 → BOS 05:58UA 2656 2h 57m Boston BOS 08:55 → RIC 10:56 +1DL 5622 · flown by Republic 8h 55m 100% 85%
UnitedDetails → DEN 06:13 → IAD 11:41UA 1279 1h 19m Dulles IAD 13:00 → RIC 14:01UA 4535 · flown by GoJet 5h 48m 94% 84%
AmericanDetails → DEN 23:59 → CLT 05:13AA 3156 1h 57m Charlotte CLT 07:10 → RIC 08:21 +1AA 2415 6h 22m 96% 84%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → DEN 16:05 → MSP 19:15DL 2271 1h 01m Minneapolis MSP 20:16 → RIC 23:58DL 5530 · flown by Endeavor 5h 52m 73% 51%
UnitedDetails → DEN 13:25 → ORD 17:05UA 617 1h 05m Chicago ORD 18:10 → RIC 21:27UA 1583 6h 02m 73% 47%
AmericanDetails → DEN 15:57 → CLT 21:27AA 1735 1h 22m Charlotte CLT 22:49 → RIC 00:05 +1AA 1882 6h 07m 65% 43%

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 19m · leaves 06:13 6%
MSP · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 8%
DFW · 1h 02m · leaves 06:20 12%
Afternoon and evening
MSP · 1h 01m · leaves 16:05 27%
ORD · 1h 05m · leaves 13:25 27%
IAD · 59m · leaves 15:40 30%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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