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 9 am and almost half the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCI	DTW	1h 57m	88%	1.3%	1,344	Flying now
Spirit	MCI	DTW	–	100%few flights	0.0%	3	Not flying now
American	MCI	DTW	–	100%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MCI 06:00 → DEN 06:56UA 355	2h 39m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	7h 27m	98%	92%
United Details →	MCI 06:16 → IAH 08:25UA 740	1h 20m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	6h 26m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:02 → SLC 08:45DL 2897	1h 00m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:45 → DTW 15:14DL 2236	7h 12m	93%	85%
Delta Details →	MCI 09:13 → MSP 10:50DL 4867 · flown by Endeavor	2h 05m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	5h 25m	94%	85%
American Details →	MCI 05:30 → ORD 07:31AA 3845 · flown by Envoy	2h 29m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DTW 12:32AA 3498 · flown by Envoy	6h 04m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	2h 16m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 18m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:00 → ATL 10:04DL 1212	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	7h 42m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	MCI 06:23 → MSP 07:54DL 1635	1h 06m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	4h 20m	93%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Frontier Details →	MCI 18:16 → ATL 21:43F9 3500	52m Atlanta	ATL 22:35 → DTW 00:40 +1F9 1264	5h 24m	53%	37%
Southwest Details →	MCI 18:05 → BWI 21:35WN 1399	1h 05m Baltimore	BWI 22:40 → DTW 00:20 +1WN 942	5h 10m	59%	36%
Southwest Details →	MCI 16:15 → DEN 17:05WN 2549	2h 00m Denver	DEN 19:05 → DTW 23:55WN 2193	6h 40m	67%	20%

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 15m · leaves 06:31 3%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 06:16 4%

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 05:15 7%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 54m · leaves 17:21 25%

ATL · 52m · leaves 18:16 47%

ORD · 47m · leaves 18:41 47%

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 2545 MCI 05:55 → DEN United UA 1915 DEN 09:35 → DTW Connection details →	2h 50m	7h 32m	97%	92%
Southwest WN 2536 MCI 05:18 → BWI Delta DL 1546 BWI 12:32 → DTW Connection details →	3h 50m	7h 50m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 2546 MCI 06:55 → DEN Delta DL 2787 DEN 10:25 → DTW Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 25m	100%	84%

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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