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 36% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


American	LGA	GRR	2h 08m	80%	2.4%	165	Flying now
Delta	LGA	GRR	2h 17m	78%	5.6%	922	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Grand Rapids on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LGA 06:00 → MDW 07:20WN 2464	2h 55m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → GRR 12:05WN 2779	6h 05m	100%	90%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → ORD 08:14AA 462	3h 42m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → GRR 14:05AA 3553 · flown by Envoy	7h 35m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	LGA 12:55 → DTW 14:51DL 1122	3h 09m Detroit	DTW 18:00 → GRR 19:01DL 5800 · flown by Republic	6h 06m	98%	88%
United Details →	LGA 06:10 → ORD 07:49UA 2389	2h 48m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → GRR 12:50UA 1297	6h 40m	99%	85%
American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 08:59 → GRR 10:52AA 1890	4h 52m	96%	81%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	1h 35m Atlanta	ATL 09:50 → GRR 11:46DL 2547	5h 46m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	LGA 10:00 → ATL 12:27DL 989	2h 52m Atlanta	ATL 15:19 → GRR 17:14DL 2058	7h 15m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	LGA 11:10 → MSP 13:08DL 2409	2h 54m Minneapolis	MSP 16:02 → GRR 18:28DL 1555	7h 18m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LGA 08:05 → ORD 09:44UA 623	53m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → GRR 12:50UA 1297	4h 45m	74%	63%
Delta Details →	LGA 18:00 → ATL 21:10DL 964	49m Atlanta	ATL 21:59 → GRR 23:54DL 2865	5h 55m	64%	49%
American Details →	LGA 14:11 → ORD 16:00AA 1705	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 17:11 → GRR 19:24AA 4729 · flown by Republic	5h 10m	73%	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

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 4%

DTW · 56m · leaves 06:05 5%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 06:10 11%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 1h 07m · leaves 17:20 22%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 14:11 27%

ATL · 49m · leaves 18:00 36%

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.


American AA 462 LGA 06:30 → ORD United UA 1297 ORD 10:37 → GRR Connection details →	2h 23m	6h 20m	97%	85%
United UA 2822 LGA 07:21 → ORD American AA 3553 ORD 11:56 → GRR Connection details →	2h 56m	6h 44m	100%	84%
American AA 392 LGA 07:23 → ORD United UA 4598 ORD 12:40 → GRR Connection details →	3h 31m	7h 32m	99%	75%

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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