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Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s GRR → DFW flights land within a few points of 7 in 10 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
American GRR DFW 2h 50m 70% 3.3% 988 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Grand Rapids). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
DeltaDetails → GRR 08:15 → DTW 09:19DL 3885 · flown by SkyWest 3h 26m Detroit DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041 7h 19m 100% 84%
DeltaDetails → GRR 06:10 → ATL 08:14DL 2453 1h 38m Atlanta ATL 09:52 → DFW 11:12DL 961 6h 06m 97% 82%
DeltaDetails → GRR 07:00 → MSP 07:33DL 2913 2h 30m Minneapolis MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970 6h 33m 97% 79%
UnitedDetails → GRR 06:00 → ORD 06:17UA 4458 · flown by GoJet 2h 28m Chicago ORD 08:45 → DFW 11:29UA 528 6h 29m 100% 79%
AmericanDetails → GRR 06:01 → CLT 07:57AA 3230 3h 33m Charlotte CLT 11:30 → DFW 13:16AA 1285 8h 15m 99% 78%
AmericanDetails → GRR 06:00 → ORD 06:07AA 2502 3h 33m Chicago ORD 09:40 → DFW 12:13AA 3052 7h 13m 97% 75%
DeltaDetails → GRR 07:53 → ATL 09:56DL 2161 1h 32m Atlanta ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414 5h 57m 92% 74%
DeltaDetails → GRR 05:30 → DTW 06:30DL 4885 · flown by Endeavor 2h 10m Detroit DTW 08:40 → DFW 10:31DL 2746 6h 01m 95% 74%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → GRR 13:23 → PHL 15:22AA 5614 · flown by PSA 1h 00m Philadelphia PHL 16:22 → DFW 19:09AA 2356 6h 46m 74% 46%
UnitedDetails → GRR 17:07 → IAH 19:10UA 4036 · flown by Mesa 49m Houston IAH 19:59 → DFW 21:25UA 1949 5h 18m 51% 36%
AmericanDetails → GRR 14:03 → DCA 15:59AA 5200 · flown by PSA 1h 12m Washington DCA 17:11 → DFW 19:41AA 1414 6h 38m 46% 28%

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 · 59m · leaves 06:01 10%
EWR · 1h 06m · leaves 06:05 11%
ORD · 1h 17m · leaves 07:15 15%
Afternoon and evening
ORD · 1h 02m · leaves 18:25 47%
IAH · 49m · leaves 17:07 49%
DCA · 1h 12m · leaves 14:03 54%

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