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 5% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	EWR	MEM	3h 06m	80%	5.0%	484	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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 Newark). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	EWR 06:30 → DEN 08:45UA 670	2h 20m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	8h 56m	99%	91%
American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	2h 13m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	6h 00m	97%	86%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:23UA 1012	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	7h 35m	100%	85%
United Details →	EWR 07:05 → IAH 09:50UA 2438	2h 05m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MEM 13:41UA 5758 · flown by SkyWest	7h 36m	99%	85%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 06:40 → DFW 09:24UA 1712	3h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	8h 36m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → DTW 07:55DL 2596	50m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41DL 3137	4h 44m	89%	81%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	EWR 09:06 → DFW 11:54UA 454	3h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	8h 43m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353	1h 46m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37DL 2937	5h 37m	93%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	EWR 18:59 → ATL 21:46DL 2430	1h 14m Atlanta	ATL 23:00 → MEM 23:24DL 2501	5h 26m	68%	44%
American Details →	EWR 19:29 → CLT 21:32AA 1811	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 22:50 → MEM 23:38AA 2392	5h 10m	70%	41%
United Details →	EWR 18:15 → ORD 20:10UA 254	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MEM 23:21UA 2317	6h 06m	59%	32%

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 09m · leaves 06:00 5%

ORD · 1h 18m · leaves 06:00 5%

DFW · 58m · leaves 05:51 6%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 19:29 30%

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 18:59 32%

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 18:15 41%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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