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 4% of the time at 9 am and 42% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DFW	MSP	2h 29m	82%	1.4%	1,412	Flying now
Frontier	DFW	MSP	2h 30m	79%	1.2%	248	Flying now
American	DFW	MSP	2h 24m	66%	3.2%	1,633	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DFW 05:10 → IAH 06:22UA 2260	1h 38m Houston	IAH 08:00 → MSP 10:53UA 2469	5h 43m	99%	91%
American Details →	DFW 06:00 → ORD 08:39AA 3075	3h 06m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → MSP 13:27AA 3719 · flown by Envoy	7h 27m	96%	87%
United Details →	DFW 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 773	2h 47m Denver	DEN 09:40 → MSP 12:40UA 397	6h 55m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DFW 07:45 → SLC 09:34DL 1291	1h 36m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	6h 59m	95%	84%
American Details →	DFW 05:00 → CLT 08:38AA 575	2h 37m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → MSP 12:54AA 2153	7h 54m	99%	84%
United Details →	DFW 08:45 → DEN 10:06UA 644	3h 36m Denver	DEN 13:42 → MSP 16:46UA 732	8h 01m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	DFW 05:30 → ATL 08:42DL 401	1h 13m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	6h 00m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	DFW 06:55 → ATL 10:09DL 893	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	7h 02m	96%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DFW 14:25 → PHL 18:52AA 1100	58m Philadelphia	PHL 19:50 → MSP 22:02AA 5460 · flown by PSA	7h 37m	61%	38%
American Details →	DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424	1h 14m Chicago	ORD 22:36 → MSP 00:22 +1AA 4472 · flown by Republic	5h 44m	57%	34%
American Details →	DFW 16:34 → MIA 20:35AA 3308	47m Miami	MIA 21:22 → MSP 00:09 +1AA 458	7h 35m	43%	24%

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

ATL · 1h 13m · leaves 05:30 4%

PHL · 1h 18m · leaves 05:05 6%

DEN · 47m · leaves 05:45 11%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 51m · leaves 12:00 40%

ORD · 1h 14m · leaves 18:38 43%

MIA · 47m · leaves 16:34 57%

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.


American AA 1818 DFW 06:10 → PHX Delta DL 1047 PHX 09:43 → MSP Connection details →	2h 54m	8h 35m	100%	87%
American AA 3390 DFW 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2901 ATL 12:21 → MSP Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 57m	100%	87%
Frontier F9 2147 DFW 05:18 → DEN United UA 397 DEN 09:40 → MSP Connection details →	3h 09m	7h 22m	99%	86%

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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