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 2% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	DEN	MAF	1h 55m	82%	0.7%	1,230	Flying now
Southwest	DEN	MAF	1h 40m	61%	1.5%	274	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	DEN 05:45 → LAS 06:40WN 3106	3h 10m Las Vegas	LAS 09:50 → MAF 14:00WN 1277	7h 15m	100%	88%
United Details →	DEN 10:07 → IAH 13:40UA 1129	2h 55m Houston	IAH 16:35 → MAF 18:15UA 6233 · flown by Mesa	7h 08m	100%	86%
United Details →	DEN 05:00 → IAH 08:32UA 320	1h 03m Houston	IAH 09:35 → MAF 11:07UA 6186 · flown by Mesa	5h 07m	98%	86%
United Details →	DEN 07:42 → IAH 11:15UA 1720	3h 20m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MAF 16:15UA 6322 · flown by Mesa	7h 33m	100%	83%
American Details →	DEN 05:00 → DFW 08:05AA 2612	1h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:57 → MAF 11:15AA 3651 · flown by Envoy	5h 15m	97%	83%
American Details →	DEN 06:20 → DFW 09:27AA 2078	3h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:32 → MAF 13:49AA 3652 · flown by Envoy	6h 29m	98%	79%
United Details →	DEN 15:35 → IAH 19:10UA 489	2h 54m Houston	IAH 22:04 → MAF 23:44UA 6276 · flown by Mesa	7h 09m	97%	78%
Southwest Details →	DEN 06:15 → DAL 09:10WN 1517	2h 35m Dallas	DAL 11:45 → MAF 12:55WN 4579	5h 40m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DEN 10:07 → IAH 13:40UA 1129	55m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MAF 16:15UA 6322 · flown by Mesa	5h 08m	65%	54%
American Details →	DEN 12:39 → DFW 15:46AA 2359	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:47 → MAF 18:10AA 6355 · flown by SkyWest	4h 31m	65%	42%
American Details →	DEN 18:10 → DFW 21:18AA 1322	1h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:34 → MAF 23:59AA 5168 · flown by PSA	4h 49m	55%	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

IAH · 1h 03m · leaves 05:00 2%

LAS · 1h 15m · leaves 07:40 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 17:18 23%

DFW · 1h 16m · leaves 18:10 45%

DAL · 50m · leaves 17:50 72%

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.


Frontier F9 3206 DEN 07:00 → IAH United UA 6322 IAH 14:35 → MAF Connection details →	3h 53m	8h 15m	99%	83%
Frontier F9 2015 DEN 06:10 → LAS Southwest WN 1277 LAS 09:50 → MAF Connection details →	2h 40m	6h 50m	95%	83%
United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW American AA 3653 DFW 15:36 → MAF Connection details →	2h 48m	6h 13m	100%	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