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 8 am and barely half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LAX	MSP	3h 37m	87%	0.9%	2,135	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Minneapolis on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Minneapolis is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	LAX 09:13 → SMF 10:46DL 3755 · flown by SkyWest	2h 35m Sacramento	SMF 13:21 → MSP 18:49DL 1701	7h 36m	98%	95%
United Details →	LAX 00:51 → IAH 06:12UA 491	1h 48m Houston	IAH 08:00 → MSP 10:53UA 2469	8h 02m	99%	93%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	1h 45m Chicago	MDW 07:40 → MSP 09:10 +1WN 1243	7h 15m	98%	93%
Delta Details →	LAX 08:50 → SAN 09:51DL 3716 · flown by SkyWest	2h 02m San Diego	SAN 11:53 → MSP 17:40DL 2121	6h 50m	99%	92%
Delta Details →	LAX 07:15 → LAS 08:30DL 2253	1h 02m Las Vegas	LAS 09:32 → MSP 14:40DL 2261	5h 25m	96%	91%
Delta Details →	LAX 10:00 → PDX 12:25DL 2766	2h 35m Portland	PDX 15:00 → MSP 20:27DL 1661	8h 27m	97%	91%
Delta Details →	LAX 20:00 → PDX 22:13DL 2457	2h 20m Portland	PDX 00:33 → MSP 05:49 +1DL 2359	7h 49m	97%	90%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → MSP 09:00 +1DL 2668	9h 15m	98%	89%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LAX 14:15 → ATL 21:53DL 715	47m Atlanta	ATL 22:40 → MSP 00:17 +1DL 1310	8h 02m	65%	50%
Delta Details →	LAX 11:45 → DTW 19:09DL 802	56m Detroit	DTW 20:05 → MSP 21:00DL 1303	7h 15m	73%	48%
United Details →	LAX 12:50 → ORD 19:05UA 457	52m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → MSP 21:41UA 2005	6h 51m	58%	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

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 05:10 2%

PDX · 1h 09m · leaves 07:00 4%

LAS · 1h 02m · leaves 07:15 4%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 47m · leaves 14:15 35%

ORD · 48m · leaves 14:26 51%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 14:45 61%

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 2403 LAX 05:35 → LAS Delta DL 2261 LAS 09:32 → MSP Connection details →	2h 42m	7h 05m	100%	97%
United UA 5372 LAX 09:20 → SMF Delta DL 1701 SMF 13:21 → MSP Connection details →	2h 25m	7h 29m	100%	96%
Frontier F9 4499 LAX 09:18 → PDX Delta DL 1661 PDX 15:00 → MSP Connection details →	3h 19m	9h 09m	100%	94%

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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