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 75-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	MEM	2h 05m	77%	1.8%	1,126	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	MEM	–	77%few flights	7.1%	14	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	DTW 07:25 → ATL 09:26DL 965	2h 49m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	6h 10m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	3h 00m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37DL 2937	6h 20m	98%	84%
American Details →	DTW 06:00 → CLT 07:51AA 387	1h 19m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	5h 00m	93%	82%
United Details →	DTW 08:00 → DEN 09:14UA 1846	1h 51m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	7h 26m	89%	82%
Delta Details →	DTW 08:25 → ATL 10:25DL 1653	3h 11m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → MEM 13:57DL 1681	6h 32m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:25 → MSP 17:20DL 2203	2h 45m Minneapolis	MSP 20:05 → MEM 22:21DL 4035 · flown by SkyWest	6h 56m	99%	80%
American Details →	DTW 07:58 → DFW 09:54AA 482	2h 43m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	7h 18m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	DTW 09:25 → ATL 11:25DL 2777	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 15:08 → MEM 15:31DL 1700	7h 05m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DTW 19:58 → CLT 21:55AA 1794	55m Charlotte	CLT 22:50 → MEM 23:38AA 2392	4h 41m	69%	42%
American Details →	DTW 19:51 → DFW 21:44AA 1786	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MEM 18:30 +1AA 1646	5h 12m	36%	13%
Southwest Details →	DTW 20:25 → MDW 20:35WN 1782	50m Chicago	MDW 21:25 → MEM 23:10WN 4100	3h 40m	21%	9%

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 19m · leaves 06:00 7%

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 08:40 8%

ORD · 52m · leaves 10:33 9%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 59m · leaves 17:23 35%

DFW · 46m · leaves 19:51 64%

MDW · 50m · leaves 20:25 79%

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.


Frontier F9 1263 DTW 06:10 → ATL Delta DL 2778 ATL 12:15 → MEM Connection details →	3h 44m	7h 25m	98%	84%
United UA 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD American AA 3683 ORD 08:06 → MEM Connection details →	2h 13m	5h 30m	95%	82%
Delta DL 4456 DTW 07:30 → ORD American AA 3675 ORD 11:56 → MEM Connection details →	3h 57m	7h 17m	99%	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