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 10 am and 43% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	DTW	LGA	1h 51m	78%	5.5%	1,045	Flying now
Delta	DTW	LGA	1h 51m	78%	3.8%	1,984	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	LGA	1h 44m	70%	7.6%	911	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	DTW 07:00 → TPA 09:38DL 2852	1h 29m Tampa	TPA 11:07 → LGA 13:53DL 2531	6h 53m	95%	84%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	3h 18m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	7h 27m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	3h 20m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	7h 27m	99%	82%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	2h 07m Chicago	ORD 08:00 → LGA 11:17UA 2092	5h 47m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:07 → BUF 08:23DL 3639 · flown by SkyWest	1h 57m Buffalo	BUF 10:20 → LGA 11:44DL 5376 · flown by Endeavor	4h 37m	94%	81%
Delta Details →	DTW 08:30 → PIT 09:47DL 5606 · flown by Republic	3h 13m Pittsburgh	PIT 13:00 → LGA 14:36DL 5694 · flown by Republic	6h 07m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:30 → ORD 07:59DL 4456 · flown by SkyWest	1h 36m Chicago	ORD 09:35 → LGA 12:56DL 2252	5h 26m	93%	79%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:05 → BOS 09:07DL 1163	3h 53m Boston	BOS 13:00 → LGA 14:28DL 5748 · flown by Republic	7h 23m	100%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 16:00 → ATL 18:04DL 1467	56m Atlanta	ATL 19:00 → LGA 21:25DL 468	5h 25m	72%	47%
Delta Details →	DTW 14:59 → DCA 16:34DL 1454	1h 06m Washington	DCA 17:40 → LGA 19:00DL 5763 · flown by Republic	4h 04m	61%	28%
Frontier Details →	DTW 14:56 → ATL 17:06F9 2899	1h 29m Atlanta	ATL 18:35 → LGA 20:57F9 3458	6h 01m	59%	17%

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

RIC · 1h 09m · leaves 10:10 2%

PWM · 1h 17m · leaves 10:00 3%

MCO · 1h 12m · leaves 07:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 1h 00m · leaves 17:57 43%

FLL · 46m · leaves 15:56 53%

ORD · 48m · leaves 18:20 54%

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 4581 DTW 06:30 → BNA Delta DL 5688 BNA 09:25 → LGA Connection details →	2h 20m	6h 29m	96%	83%
Southwest WN 1783 DTW 07:00 → STL American AA 4508 STL 09:22 → LGA Connection details →	1h 47m	5h 56m	98%	81%
United UA 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD Delta DL 2252 ORD 09:35 → LGA Connection details →	3h 42m	7h 26m	100%	81%

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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