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 12% of the time at 11 am and 7 times in 10 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	DEN	LIT	2h 15m	83%	0.6%	1,088	Flying now
Southwest	DEN	LIT	2h 00m	82%	0.5%	365	Flying now
Frontier	DEN	LIT	2h 11m	77%	0.0%	120	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	DEN 00:40 → ATL 05:42DL 302	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 08:10 → LIT 08:42DL 3033	7h 04m	99%	88%
United Details →	DEN 05:00 → IAH 08:32UA 320	1h 08m Houston	IAH 09:40 → LIT 11:13UA 4371 · flown by CommuteAir	5h 13m	98%	83%
United Details →	DEN 11:34 → IAH 15:09UA 1599	3h 11m Houston	IAH 18:20 → LIT 20:01UA 6150 · flown by Mesa	7h 27m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	DEN 15:15 → ATL 20:22DL 957	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 23:05 → LIT 23:41DL 2083	7h 28m	97%	80%
Southwest Details →	DEN 05:10 → DAL 08:05WN 1078	1h 30m Dallas	DAL 09:35 → LIT 10:45WN 4403	4h 35m	100%	79%
American Details →	DEN 07:05 → ORD 10:45AA 2771	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → LIT 13:41AA 3398 · flown by Envoy	5h 36m	88%	79%
American Details →	DEN 05:00 → DFW 08:05AA 2612	3h 51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:56 → LIT 13:18AA 3636 · flown by Envoy	7h 18m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	DEN 09:40 → ATL 14:35DL 2235	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 17:30 → LIT 18:08DL 3025	7h 28m	100%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DEN 14:22 → ORD 18:16AA 1760	1h 33m Chicago	ORD 19:49 → LIT 21:55AA 3561 · flown by Envoy	6h 27m	73%	49%
American Details →	DEN 15:57 → CLT 21:27AA 1735	1h 19m Charlotte	CLT 22:46 → LIT 23:56AA 3444 · flown by Envoy	6h 59m	64%	44%
Southwest Details →	DEN 17:50 → DAL 21:00WN 1521	55m Dallas	DAL 21:55 → LIT 23:08WN 1338	4h 17m	33%	7%

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

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 05:00 2%

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 08:00 7%

LAS · 1h 15m · leaves 11:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 19m · leaves 15:57 36%

DAL · 55m · leaves 17:50 67%

DFW · 46m · leaves 18:10 70%

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 1377 DEN 06:00 → ORD American AA 3398 ORD 11:45 → LIT Connection details →	2h 03m	6h 41m	94%	84%
Frontier F9 1450 DEN 23:46 → ATL Delta DL 3033 ATL 08:10 → LIT Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 58m	94%	83%
Southwest WN 4170 DEN 14:35 → ATL Delta DL 2083 ATL 23:05 → LIT Connection details →	3h 35m	8h 08m	96%	80%

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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