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 12% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 3 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MCI	MSP	1h 35m	80%	1.1%	1,595	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MCI 05:55 → DEN 06:45WN 2545	1h 05m Denver	DEN 07:50 → MSP 10:55WN 3420	5h 00m	93%	90%
Southwest Details →	MCI 05:15 → MDW 06:40WN 4276	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 07:40 → MSP 09:10WN 1243	3h 55m	93%	89%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:02 → SLC 08:45DL 2897	2h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	7h 42m	99%	88%
American Details →	MCI 05:30 → ORD 07:31AA 3845 · flown by Envoy	51m Chicago	ORD 08:22 → MSP 10:06AA 4162 · flown by Envoy	4h 38m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	1h 11m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	5h 52m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:00 → ATL 10:04DL 1212	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	6h 57m	98%	84%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → DEN 06:56UA 355	2h 44m Denver	DEN 09:40 → MSP 12:40UA 397	6h 40m	98%	84%
American Details →	MCI 06:31 → CLT 10:00AA 1297	1h 15m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → MSP 12:54AA 2153	6h 23m	97%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MCI 18:41 → ORD 20:33UA 303	55m Chicago	ORD 21:28 → MSP 23:10UA 1131	4h 29m	68%	38%
Southwest Details →	MCI 16:15 → DEN 17:05WN 2549	2h 00m Denver	DEN 19:05 → MSP 22:10WN 2677	5h 52m	67%	22%
American Details →	MCI 19:46 → ORD 21:38AA 6399 · flown by SkyWest	58m Chicago	ORD 22:36 → MSP 00:22 +1AA 4472 · flown by Republic	4h 36m	37%	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

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 05:38 2%

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 06:31 3%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 09:34 7%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 15:38 11%

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 14:10 13%

ORD · 58m · leaves 19:46 63%

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 2569 MCI 06:15 → MDW Delta DL 5469 MDW 09:54 → MSP Connection details →	2h 14m	5h 20m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 1432 MCI 13:30 → IND Delta DL 1456 IND 19:27 → MSP Connection details →	3h 27m	6h 50m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 2545 MCI 05:55 → DEN United UA 397 DEN 09:40 → MSP Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 45m	98%	86%

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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