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 7% of the time at 8 am and 37% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	LGA	MEM	3h 03m	76%	5.8%	1,013	Flying now
American	LGA	MEM	3h 07m	71%	5.5%	637	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	5h 00m	97%	84%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:59 → ATL 09:20DL 342	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	6h 36m	99%	83%
United Details →	LGA 06:00 → IAH 08:44UA 2371	3h 11m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MEM 13:41UA 5758 · flown by SkyWest	8h 41m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:05 → DTW 07:54DL 1231	51m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41DL 3137	4h 39m	93%	83%
Southwest Details →	LGA 06:00 → MDW 07:20WN 2464	2h 45m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → MEM 11:40WN 2824	6h 40m	100%	82%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → DFW 09:30AA 1597	3h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	8h 46m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 550	1h 55m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37DL 2937	5h 37m	97%	81%
American Details →	LGA 06:30 → ORD 08:14AA 462	3h 42m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → MEM 13:47AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	8h 17m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	LGA 17:00 → DTW 19:15DL 999	50m Detroit	DTW 20:05 → MEM 21:04DL 1230	5h 04m	63%	46%
American Details →	LGA 13:28 → DCA 14:56AA 4590 · flown by Republic	1h 03m Washington	DCA 15:59 → MEM 17:31AA 4460 · flown by Republic	5h 03m	49%	28%
American Details →	LGA 18:00 → DFW 21:06AA 2388	1h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MEM 18:30 +1AA 1646	7h 03m	65%	22%

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

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 07:25 2%

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 06:00 3%

DTW · 51m · leaves 06:05 7%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 1h 02m · leaves 17:20 24%

IAH · 1h 04m · leaves 14:00 29%

DTW · 50m · leaves 17:00 37%

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 4628 LGA 06:09 → ATL Delta DL 2778 ATL 12:15 → MEM Connection details →	3h 32m	7h 26m	100%	81%
Southwest WN 2454 LGA 06:55 → DEN United UA 1112 DEN 11:05 → MEM Connection details →	2h 00m	8h 31m	89%	81%
Delta DL 856 LGA 09:30 → DFW American AA 3678 DFW 15:10 → MEM Connection details →	2h 53m	8h 19m	96%	76%

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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