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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

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United IAH GRR 2h 53m 80% 0.8% 366 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Grand Rapids on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Grand Rapids is 1 h ahead of Houston). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
DeltaDetails → IAH 11:32 → DTW 15:20DL 1043 2h 40m Detroit DTW 18:00 → GRR 19:01DL 5800 · flown by Republic 6h 29m 99% 91%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → IAH 05:04 → ORD 07:59UA 1044 3h 57m Chicago ORD 11:56 → GRR 14:05AA 3553 · flown by Envoy 8h 01m 100% 90%
UnitedDetails → IAH 05:15 → DEN 06:47UA 1874 3h 11m Denver DEN 09:58 → GRR 14:35UA 2637 8h 20m 99% 87%
United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → IAH 09:32 → DEN 11:08UA 1450 4h 00m Denver DEN 15:08 → GRR 19:44F9 1248 9h 10m 98% 87%
UnitedDetails → IAH 06:10 → ORD 09:05UA 2616 1h 32m Chicago ORD 10:37 → GRR 12:50UA 1297 5h 40m 98% 86%
DeltaDetails → IAH 05:40 → ATL 08:43DL 1069 1h 07m Atlanta ATL 09:50 → GRR 11:46DL 2547 5h 06m 96% 80%
UnitedDetails → IAH 06:01 → EWR 10:36UA 1797 3h 16m Newark EWR 13:52 → GRR 16:03UA 3419 · flown by Republic 9h 02m 100% 79%
DeltaDetails → IAH 09:42 → ATL 12:48DL 1585 2h 31m Atlanta ATL 15:19 → GRR 17:14DL 2058 6h 33m 97% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → IAH 13:46 → EWR 18:30UA 1397 1h 00m Newark EWR 19:30 → GRR 21:50UA 3580 · flown by Republic 7h 04m 74% 53%
AmericanDetails → IAH 16:27 → PHL 20:55AA 1925 55m Philadelphia PHL 21:50 → GRR 23:58AA 5493 · flown by PSA 6h 31m 67% 42%
AmericanDetails → IAH 10:39 → DFW 12:03AA 1916 1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13:03 → GRR 16:32AA 310 4h 52m 65% 38%

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
DTW · 1h 10m · leaves 05:20 4%
ATL · 1h 07m · leaves 05:40 4%
ORD · 51m · leaves 05:04 9%
Afternoon and evening
DTW · 51m · leaves 11:32 24%
EWR · 1h 00m · leaves 13:46 26%
PHL · 55m · leaves 16:27 33%

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