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 8% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DFW	DTW	2h 41m	84%	1.7%	1,404	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	DTW	2h 48m	78%	1.5%	259	Flying now
American	DFW	DTW	2h 41m	68%	2.6%	1,638	Flying now
Spirit	DFW	DTW	2h 42m	82%	1.1%	189	Not 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 (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 42m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	7h 42m	100%	94%
Delta Details →	DFW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 1276	3h 25m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	7h 38m	98%	87%
American Details →	DFW 06:10 → PHX 06:49AA 1818	3h 07m Phoenix	PHX 09:56 → DTW 16:56AA 1790	9h 45m	100%	87%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	3h 23m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	7h 32m	99%	87%
Frontier Details →	DFW 05:18 → DEN 06:31F9 2147	1h 10m Denver	DEN 07:41 → DTW 12:35F9 3566	6h 17m	92%	84%
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	2h 55m Houston	IAH 13:58 → DTW 17:59UA 6131 · flown by Mesa	7h 13m	94%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	3h 38m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	7h 47m	99%	82%
American Details →	DFW 09:31 → MIA 13:29AA 2762	1h 35m Miami	MIA 15:04 → DTW 18:27AA 3358 · flown by Envoy	7h 56m	91%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 16:10 → PHL 20:53AA 2973	1h 11m Philadelphia	PHL 22:04 → DTW 23:59AA 5169 · flown by PSA	6h 49m	71%	49%
American Details →	DFW 09:30 → LGA 13:59AA 3053	46m New York	LGA 14:45 → DTW 16:52AA 4630 · flown by Republic	6h 20m	43%	31%
United Details →	DFW 14:15 → ORD 16:57UA 2160	48m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → DTW 20:22UA 5232 · flown by SkyWest	5h 07m	53%	28%

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 10m · leaves 05:18 8%

LAX · 1h 00m · leaves 07:26 8%

BOS · 1h 13m · leaves 07:05 9%

Afternoon and evening

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 15:39 46%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:47 51%

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 15:57 64%

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 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 1915 DEN 09:35 → DTW Connection details →	3h 04m	8h 09m	99%	94%
American AA 1955 DFW 09:30 → IND Delta DL 5846 IND 16:00 → DTW Connection details →	3h 18m	6h 50m	97%	90%
American AA 2152 DFW 07:17 → MSP Delta DL 1519 MSP 12:55 → DTW Connection details →	3h 14m	7h 21m	99%	88%

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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