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 7% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 3 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	BDL	1h 44m	86%	2.0%	1,235	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	BDL	1h 39m	74%few flights	0.0%	32	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Hartford 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 25m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → BDL 12:05WN 427	6h 15m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 10:25 → BDL 12:45DL 1082	7h 27m	99%	83%
American Details →	DTW 10:33 → ORD 11:04AA 4103 · flown by Envoy	2h 25m Chicago	ORD 13:29 → BDL 16:52AA 3409 · flown by Envoy	6h 20m	100%	79%
American Details →	DTW 06:49 → DCA 08:39AA 5244 · flown by PSA	1h 24m Washington	DCA 10:03 → BDL 11:35AA 4754 · flown by Republic	4h 46m	91%	78%
American Details →	DTW 06:45 → ORD 07:30AA 6465 · flown by SkyWest	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 08:45 → BDL 12:11AA 4665 · flown by Republic	5h 28m	88%	78%
Delta Details →	DTW 09:25 → ATL 11:25DL 2777	2h 29m Atlanta	ATL 13:54 → BDL 16:14DL 2739	6h 49m	98%	78%
United Details →	DTW 07:05 → ORD 07:42UA 5553 · flown by SkyWest	3h 21m Chicago	ORD 11:03 → BDL 14:24UA 2195	7h 19m	97%	77%
American Details →	DTW 06:05 → PHL 07:51AA 5170 · flown by PSA	1h 09m Philadelphia	PHL 09:00 → BDL 10:22AA 5997 · flown by Piedmont	4h 17m	89%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 18:10 → MSP 19:08DL 1842	52m Minneapolis	MSP 20:00 → BDL 23:43DL 2871	5h 33m	66%	50%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:00 → ATL 18:04DL 1467	52m Atlanta	ATL 18:56 → BDL 21:19DL 2504	5h 22m	68%	45%
American Details →	DTW 15:52 → DFW 17:50AA 1793	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:50 → BDL 23:31AA 1425	7h 40m	68%	39%

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 05m · leaves 05:17 7%

PHL · 1h 09m · leaves 06:05 11%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:45 12%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 15:52 32%

ATL · 52m · leaves 16:00 32%

MSP · 52m · leaves 18:10 34%

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.


United UA 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD American AA 4665 ORD 08:45 → BDL Connection details →	2h 52m	6h 43m	100%	86%
Delta DL 2884 DTW 08:50 → IAD United UA 632 IAD 12:40 → BDL Connection details →	2h 17m	5h 16m	96%	85%
Delta DL 2341 DTW 07:10 → BWI Southwest WN 427 BWI 10:45 → BDL Connection details →	2h 01m	4h 55m	95%	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