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 5% of the time at 6 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	DFW	MKE	2h 23m	68%	3.7%	1,083	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Milwaukee on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	3h 24m Denver	DEN 13:30 → MKE 17:04UA 4802 · flown by SkyWest	8h 19m	100%	89%
United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	58m Houston	IAH 07:20 → MKE 10:05UA 6149 · flown by Mesa	4h 55m	95%	87%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	3h 04m Denver	DEN 09:57 → MKE 13:25UA 1836	7h 40m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 10:50 → MKE 11:51DL 1151	6h 21m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	2h 44m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → MKE 13:50DL 1246	6h 55m	97%	83%
United Details →	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26UA 1114	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 15:36 → MKE 16:42UA 5345 · flown by SkyWest	6h 57m	100%	82%
United Details →	DFW 09:46 → IAH 11:03UA 1586	3h 17m Houston	IAH 14:20 → MKE 17:06UA 6164 · flown by Mesa	7h 20m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	DFW 11:16 → MSP 13:48DL 2972	3h 10m Minneapolis	MSP 16:58 → MKE 18:19DL 4462 · flown by SkyWest	7h 03m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 14:30 → PHX 14:57AA 2108	1h 14m Phoenix	PHX 16:11 → MKE 21:38AA 1369	7h 08m	69%	50%
United Details →	DFW 17:47 → ORD 20:30UA 1564	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MKE 22:29UA 5362 · flown by SkyWest	4h 42m	49%	32%
American Details →	DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893	51m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MKE 22:23AA 6357 · flown by SkyWest	4h 46m	37%	17%

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 · 58m · leaves 05:10 5%

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 07:00 13%

ORD · 49m · leaves 08:30 22%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 55m · leaves 18:37 29%

CLT · 51m · leaves 11:55 36%

ORD · 51m · leaves 17:35 63%

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 Southwest WN 1626 DEN 10:15 → MKE Connection details →	3h 44m	8h 22m	99%	96%
United UA 2049 DFW 11:35 → DEN Southwest WN 1629 DEN 16:20 → MKE Connection details →	3h 35m	8h 10m	97%	89%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 1246 ATL 12:53 → MKE Connection details →	3h 40m	7h 50m	100%	87%

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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