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 6% of the time at 9 am and 42% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	MCI	EWR	3h 01m	84%	2.9%	489	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MCI 05:10 → TPA 08:45WN 4796	2h 12m Tampa	TPA 10:57 → EWR 13:48UA 2858	7h 38m	100%	86%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MCI 05:55 → DEN 06:45WN 2545	3h 17m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	9h 05m	98%	82%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MCI 08:18 → STL 09:22WN 2585	3h 01m St Louis	STL 12:23 → EWR 16:00UA 3573 · flown by Republic	6h 42m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	1h 19m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	5h 46m	99%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MCI 05:31 → DFW 07:23AA 1098	3h 09m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:32 → EWR 15:07UA 2454	8h 36m	97%	78%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MCI 05:00 → MCO 08:45WN 2209	1h 37m Orlando	MCO 10:22 → EWR 13:05UA 2120	7h 05m	89%	78%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:02 → SLC 08:45DL 2897	1h 44m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:29 → EWR 16:49DL 2033	8h 51m	98%	77%
United Details →	MCI 06:16 → IAH 08:25UA 740	1h 23m Houston	IAH 09:48 → EWR 14:27UA 2402	7h 11m	96%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCI 18:41 → ORD 20:33UA 303	57m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	5h 12m	70%	45%
Frontier Details →	MCI 18:16 → ATL 21:43F9 3500	57m Atlanta	ATL 22:40 → EWR 01:05 +1F9 4602	5h 49m	58%	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

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 05:38 1%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 09:10 4%

MSP · 1h 20m · leaves 06:23 5%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 55m · leaves 14:18 17%

ORD · 57m · leaves 18:41 30%

ATL · 57m · leaves 18:16 42%

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