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 3% of the time at 7 am and barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	FLL	MSP	3h 52m	82%	1.6%	709	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

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


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 05:40 → STL 07:20WN 1874	3h 58m St Louis	STL 11:18 → MSP 12:55DL 3188	8h 15m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	FLL 05:25 → ATL 07:20DL 1168	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	7h 05m	98%	87%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 07:02 → ORD 09:30UA 752	2h 15m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → MSP 13:27AA 3719 · flown by Envoy	7h 25m	98%	87%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 06:10 → MDW 08:10WN 1866	1h 44m Chicago	MDW 09:54 → MSP 11:35DL 5469 · flown by Endeavor	6h 25m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	FLL 06:30 → ATL 08:26DL 1215	3h 55m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	8h 27m	99%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	FLL 05:15 → MCI 07:15WN 1540	1h 58m Kansas City	MCI 09:13 → MSP 10:50DL 4867 · flown by Endeavor	6h 35m	98%	84%
United Details →	FLL 08:00 → DEN 10:18UA 1311	3h 24m Denver	DEN 13:42 → MSP 16:46UA 732	9h 46m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	FLL 09:57 → ATL 11:45DL 1334	2h 46m Atlanta	ATL 14:31 → MSP 16:09DL 2825	7h 12m	99%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	FLL 13:31 → ATL 15:34DL 1512	57m Atlanta	ATL 16:31 → MSP 18:09DL 2654	5h 38m	74%	52%
American Details →	FLL 15:57 → PHL 18:53AA 1855	57m Philadelphia	PHL 19:50 → MSP 22:02AA 5460 · flown by PSA	7h 05m	51%	31%
United Details →	FLL 16:20 → ORD 19:00UA 403	57m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → MSP 21:41UA 2005	6h 21m	48%	26%

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

ATL · 1h 06m · leaves 05:25 3%

STL · 55m · leaves 05:40 3%

LGA · 1h 11m · leaves 07:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 57m · leaves 16:20 52%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 18:20 61%

BNA · 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.

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