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 8 am and 28% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	ALB	1h 38m	78%	1.2%	1,282	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	DTW 05:50 → BWI 07:20WN 4534	3h 35m Baltimore	BWI 10:55 → ALB 12:15WN 155	6h 25m	100%	86%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	1h 37m Chicago	ORD 07:30 → ALB 10:43UA 2034	5h 13m	95%	81%
American Details →	DTW 06:00 → CLT 07:51AA 387	1h 04m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → ALB 10:52AA 1352	4h 52m	92%	79%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	2h 00m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → ALB 11:31DL 1137	6h 14m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:00 → LGA 08:47DL 1487	2h 50m New York	LGA 11:37 → ALB 12:47DL 5268 · flown by Endeavor	5h 47m	99%	76%
American Details →	DTW 06:05 → PHL 07:51AA 5170 · flown by PSA	1h 09m Philadelphia	PHL 09:00 → ALB 10:26AA 6026 · flown by Piedmont	4h 21m	89%	75%
United Details →	DTW 08:50 → ORD 09:22UA 1338	2h 46m Chicago	ORD 12:08 → ALB 15:17UA 1554	6h 27m	97%	75%
American Details →	DTW 06:45 → ORD 07:30AA 6465 · flown by SkyWest	2h 01m Chicago	ORD 09:31 → ALB 12:48AA 5004 · flown by SkyWest	6h 03m	95%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DTW 19:45 → IAD 21:20UA 6362 · flown by Mesa	50m Dulles	IAD 22:10 → ALB 23:47UA 4321 · flown by CommuteAir	4h 02m	72%	55%
Delta Details →	DTW 12:25 → ATL 14:23DL 2188	48m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → ALB 17:34DL 1053	5h 09m	53%	30%
American Details →	DTW 15:52 → DFW 17:50AA 1793	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:38 → ALB 23:15AA 391	7h 23m	53%	22%

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

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 06:00 8%

PHL · 1h 09m · leaves 06:05 11%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 06:00 13%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 50m · leaves 19:45 28%

PHL · 56m · leaves 19:10 28%

DFW · 48m · leaves 15:52 47%

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.


Delta DL 2341 DTW 07:10 → BWI Southwest WN 155 BWI 10:55 → ALB Connection details →	2h 11m	5h 05m	97%	81%
Delta DL 2884 DTW 08:50 → IAD United UA 4317 IAD 12:40 → ALB Connection details →	2h 17m	5h 23m	96%	76%
United UA 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD American AA 5004 ORD 09:31 → ALB Connection details →	3h 38m	7h 18m	100%	76%

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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