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 15% of the time at 11 am and 37% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	DTW	MSP	1h 55m	79%	0.7%	1,886	Flying now
Spirit	DTW	MSP	1h 43m	82%few flights	0.0%	28	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	DTW 05:30 → DEN 06:35WN 1778	1h 15m Denver	DEN 07:50 → MSP 10:55WN 3420	6h 25m	95%	92%
Delta Details →	DTW 08:50 → STL 09:32DL 2868	1h 46m St Louis	STL 11:18 → MSP 12:55DL 3188	5h 05m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	DTW 10:15 → CMH 11:27DL 5810 · flown by Republic	2h 33m Columbus	CMH 14:00 → MSP 15:07DL 2550	5h 52m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	DTW 06:17 → ATL 08:12DL 1611	1h 43m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	6h 13m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	DTW 12:25 → MCI 13:24DL 2741	2h 40m Kansas City	MCI 16:04 → MSP 17:40DL 1613	6h 15m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	DTW 16:00 → IND 17:20DL 5826 · flown by Republic	2h 07m Indianapolis	IND 19:27 → MSP 20:20DL 1456	5h 20m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:25 → ATL 09:26DL 965	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	7h 32m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41DL 3137	2h 28m Memphis	MEM 12:09 → MSP 14:25DL 3989 · flown by SkyWest	6h 40m	100%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DTW 08:25 → SLC 10:23DL 698	47m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	7h 19m	73%	66%
United Details →	DTW 18:20 → ORD 18:57UA 5264 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → MSP 21:41UA 2005	4h 21m	70%	35%
Southwest Details →	DTW 20:25 → MDW 20:35WN 1782	55m Chicago	MDW 21:30 → MSP 23:00WN 4085	3h 35m	27%	14%

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

MDW · 1h 20m · leaves 08:40 4%

MKE · 1h 06m · leaves 08:35 4%

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 05:30 5%

Afternoon and evening

STL · 55m · leaves 20:15 60%

DCA · 50m · leaves 17:29 62%

MDW · 55m · leaves 20:25 73%

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 1783 DTW 07:00 → STL Delta DL 3188 STL 11:18 → MSP Connection details →	3h 43m	6h 55m	100%	90%
Delta DL 4456 DTW 07:30 → ORD American AA 3375 ORD 11:47 → MSP Connection details →	3h 48m	7h 02m	99%	87%
United UA 3483 DTW 05:30 → ORD American AA 4162 ORD 08:22 → MSP Connection details →	2h 29m	5h 38m	99%	84%

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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