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 50-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 8 am and 44% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LGA	MCI	3h 26m	71%	5.2%	1,036	Flying now
Southwest	LGA	MCI	3h 20m	69%	3.8%	812	Flying now
American	LGA	MCI	–	50%few flights	0.0%	4	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kansas City on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kansas City is 1 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	LGA 06:55 → DEN 09:05WN 2454	3h 25m Denver	DEN 12:30 → MCI 15:05WN 351	9h 10m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	LGA 08:00 → ATL 10:29DL 364	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 32m	100%	84%
United Details →	LGA 10:00 → DEN 12:20UA 716	1h 20m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586	7h 22m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	LGA 07:55 → MSP 09:48DL 2473	3h 57m Minneapolis	MSP 13:45 → MCI 15:14DL 1613	8h 19m	98%	84%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAH 08:44UA 2371	3h 21m Houston	IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa	9h 15m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	LGA 11:10 → MSP 13:08DL 2409	2h 12m Minneapolis	MSP 15:20 → MCI 16:47DL 1630	6h 38m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	1h 50m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	6h 16m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	LGA 10:00 → ATL 12:27DL 989	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 15:24 → MCI 16:35DL 1660	7h 35m	99%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LGA 16:59 → DEN 19:35UA 2834	1h 05m Denver	DEN 20:40 → MCI 23:25UA 1596	7h 26m	66%	43%
American Details →	LGA 16:55 → MIA 20:22AA 605	1h 03m Miami	MIA 21:25 → MCI 23:50AA 670	7h 51m	70%	43%
Southwest Details →	LGA 18:30 → STL 20:30WN 4895	1h 15m St Louis	STL 21:45 → MCI 22:50WN 2453	5h 20m	64%	31%

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 · 51m · leaves 06:05 7%

CLT · 57m · leaves 06:52 9%

IAD · 1h 00m · leaves 10:29 18%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 54m · leaves 18:47 48%

DAL · 57m · leaves 16:32 48%

DEN · 1h 18m · leaves 16:50 49%

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.


Delta DL 751 LGA 07:45 → DEN Southwest WN 351 DEN 12:30 → MCI Connection details →	2h 35m	8h 20m	97%	81%
American AA 4415 LGA 08:10 → DTW Delta DL 2741 DTW 12:25 → MCI Connection details →	2h 16m	6h 15m	97%	81%
American AA 4606 LGA 09:00 → ATL Delta DL 1660 ATL 15:24 → MCI Connection details →	3h 48m	8h 35m	99%	80%

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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