Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Southwest’s MDW → ALB flights land within a few points of 72% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MDW	ALB	1h 50m	72%	1.0%	728	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 07:40 → PHL 10:42WN 4122	2h 23m Philadelphia	PHL 13:05 → ALB 14:29AA 6028 · flown by Piedmont	5h 51m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	MDW 09:17 → DTW 11:35DL 4674 · flown by Endeavor	3h 06m Detroit	DTW 14:41 → ALB 16:22DL 3785 · flown by SkyWest	6h 05m	98%	80%
Southwest Details →	MDW 07:00 → BWI 09:45WN 2742	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 10:55 → ALB 12:15WN 155	4h 15m	94%	80%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 05:15 → LGA 08:15WN 2801	3h 22m New York	LGA 11:37 → ALB 12:47DL 5268 · flown by Endeavor	6h 32m	100%	79%
Southwest Details →	MDW 08:55 → BWI 11:45WN 1355	1h 40m Baltimore	BWI 13:25 → ALB 14:45WN 164	4h 50m	100%	74%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 08:15 → DCA 11:10WN 2569	2h 10m Washington	DCA 13:20 → ALB 14:42AA 2347	5h 27m	97%	72%
Southwest Details →	MDW 07:15 → BNA 08:40WN 2959	2h 35m Nashville	BNA 11:15 → ALB 14:25WN 159	6h 10m	98%	71%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MDW 15:22 → PHL 18:22WN 4948	3h 28m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → ALB 23:23AA 5877 · flown by Piedmont	7h 01m	84%	63%

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.

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 17:10 20%

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