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 7 am and 1 time in 5 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


United	DTW	EWR	1h 54m	81%	5.1%	1,637	Flying now
Delta	DTW	EWR	1h 46m	75%	3.3%	1,630	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	EWR	1h 42m	69%	8.3%	496	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DTW 07:00 → CLT 08:54AA 1439	1h 49m Charlotte	CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819	5h 37m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	1h 51m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 07m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → EWR 10:29DL 2397	5h 12m	92%	75%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 07:10 → EWR 10:30UA 563	5h 00m	87%	74%
United Details →	DTW 07:05 → ORD 07:42UA 5553 · flown by SkyWest	3h 09m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 12m	97%	74%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → IAD 07:34UA 4058 · flown by Mesa	55m Dulles	IAD 08:29 → EWR 09:55UA 2396	3h 55m	85%	74%
United Details →	DTW 06:00 → ORD 06:26UA 4754 · flown by SkyWest	2h 14m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → EWR 12:06UA 2301	6h 06m	95%	71%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:01 → MSP 07:55DL 1746	1h 19m Minneapolis	MSP 09:14 → EWR 12:56DL 2895	5h 55m	91%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 19:35 → ATL 21:44DL 2045	56m Atlanta	ATL 22:40 → EWR 00:57 +1DL 2552	5h 23m	56%	38%
JetBlue Details →	DTW 16:10 → FLL 19:10B6 789	1h 10m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 20:20 → EWR 23:21B6 706	7h 11m	74%	37%

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 02m · leaves 05:17 8%

MSP · 1h 19m · leaves 07:01 9%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 13:41 19%

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 18:20 24%

MSP · 1h 07m · leaves 18:10 24%

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 1427 DTW 07:05 → RDU United UA 3443 RDU 12:40 → EWR Connection details →	3h 52m	7h 27m	100%	84%
American AA 1439 DTW 07:00 → CLT United UA 3448 CLT 11:10 → EWR Connection details →	2h 16m	6h 16m	97%	83%
Delta DL 2868 DTW 08:50 → STL United UA 3573 STL 12:23 → EWR Connection details →	2h 51m	7h 10m	98%	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