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 29% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	DFW	2h 51m	78%	1.8%	1,405	Flying now
American	DTW	DFW	2h 58m	77%	2.8%	1,638	Flying now
Frontier	DTW	DFW	3h 00m	60%	3.1%	259	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	DFW	3h 03m	78%	1.6%	191	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Detroit). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	DTW 06:15 → IAH 08:11UA 1229	1h 20m Houston	IAH 09:31 → DFW 10:57UA 2074	5h 42m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	1h 40m Atlanta	ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961	5h 59m	97%	82%
American Details →	DTW 06:00 → MIA 09:06AA 1020	3h 09m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	9h 34m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:01 → MSP 07:55DL 1746	2h 08m Minneapolis	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	6h 32m	96%	79%
American Details →	DTW 10:01 → CLT 11:56AA 1791	3h 08m Charlotte	CLT 15:04 → DFW 16:58AA 1709	7h 57m	100%	78%
American Details →	DTW 07:00 → CLT 08:54AA 1439	2h 36m Charlotte	CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285	7h 16m	98%	77%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:25 → ATL 09:26DL 965	2h 02m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	6h 25m	96%	77%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → EWR 07:45UA 3652 · flown by Republic	1h 21m Newark	EWR 09:06 → DFW 11:54UA 454	6h 54m	95%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DTW 06:00 → LGA 07:47AA 4477 · flown by Republic	48m New York	LGA 08:35 → DFW 11:25AA 1987	6h 25m	74%	55%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:00 → ATL 18:04DL 1467	55m Atlanta	ATL 18:59 → DFW 20:18DL 436	5h 19m	71%	45%
United Details →	DTW 14:10 → ORD 14:47UA 5381 · flown by SkyWest	53m Chicago	ORD 15:40 → DFW 18:22UA 793	5h 12m	63%	41%

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 09m · leaves 10:01 6%

ORD · 55m · leaves 10:33 7%

PHL · 1h 16m · leaves 06:05 9%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 55m · leaves 16:00 29%

IAH · 47m · leaves 18:40 35%

ORD · 53m · leaves 18:20 45%

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.


Southwest WN 1778 DTW 05:30 → DEN United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW Connection details →	3h 05m	8h 18m	98%	92%
Delta DL 2341 DTW 07:10 → BWI American AA 2747 BWI 12:00 → DFW Connection details →	3h 16m	8h 17m	100%	91%
Delta DL 2826 DTW 08:45 → MCI American AA 3661 MCI 12:16 → DFW Connection details →	2h 28m	6h 21m	95%	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