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 7% of the time at 8 am and 30% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	DTW	XNA	2h 22m	67%	0.0%	358	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fayetteville/Springdale/ on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Fayetteville/Springdale/ 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 24m Houston	IAH 09:35 → XNA 11:12UA 4297 · flown by CommuteAir	5h 57m	100%	86%
American Details →	DTW 07:00 → CLT 08:54AA 1439	2h 50m Charlotte	CLT 11:44 → XNA 13:12AA 5444 · flown by PSA	7h 12m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	DTW 07:01 → MSP 07:55DL 1746	1h 15m Minneapolis	MSP 09:10 → XNA 11:09DL 3536 · flown by SkyWest	5h 08m	91%	83%
United Details →	DTW 10:55 → IAH 12:57UA 6251 · flown by Mesa	1h 35m Houston	IAH 14:32 → XNA 16:15UA 4062 · flown by Mesa	6h 20m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	DTW 05:17 → ATL 07:10DL 2375	3h 05m Atlanta	ATL 10:15 → XNA 11:17DL 4082 · flown by SkyWest	7h 00m	98%	79%
American Details →	DTW 05:37 → DFW 07:32AA 1108	1h 29m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:01 → XNA 10:24AA 3838 · flown by Envoy	5h 46m	94%	78%
United Details →	DTW 05:30 → ORD 05:53UA 3483 · flown by Republic	2h 47m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → XNA 10:39UA 5407 · flown by SkyWest	6h 09m	100%	77%
Frontier Details →	DTW 08:00 → DEN 09:16F9 2211	1h 34m Denver	DEN 10:50 → XNA 13:42F9 4344	6h 40m	90%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	DTW 11:00 → ORD 11:29UA 426	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 12:29 → XNA 14:21UA 4431 · flown by GoJet	4h 21m	70%	52%
Delta Details →	DTW 18:09 → ATL 20:19DL 2053	56m Atlanta	ATL 21:15 → XNA 22:13DL 5130 · flown by Endeavor	5h 04m	70%	44%
American Details →	DTW 19:51 → DFW 21:44AA 1786	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → XNA 23:47AA 3693 · flown by Envoy	4h 56m	36%	25%

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 10m · leaves 06:00 7%

MSP · 1h 15m · leaves 07:01 9%

ATL · 55m · leaves 05:17 11%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 15:32 14%

ATL · 56m · leaves 18:09 30%

DFW · 46m · leaves 19:51 64%

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 5267 DEN 09:50 → XNA Connection details →	3h 15m	8h 17m	98%	84%
Delta DL 1043 DTW 08:40 → IAH United UA 4062 IAH 14:32 → XNA Connection details →	3h 56m	8h 35m	99%	84%
Delta DL 4456 DTW 07:30 → ORD American AA 3848 ORD 11:45 → XNA Connection details →	3h 46m	7h 11m	99%	83%

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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