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 11 am and 37% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	MEM	EWR	2h 46m	81%	3.7%	483	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 Memphis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	MEM 05:00 → CLT 07:46AA 978	2h 57m Charlotte	CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819	6h 37m	98%	84%
Frontier + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 19:54 → DEN 21:41F9 4625	2h 18m Denver	DEN 23:59 → EWR 05:40 +1UA 1745	8h 46m	88%	79%
Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 09m	97%	79%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:00 → MCO 09:00WN 4596	2h 45m Orlando	MCO 11:45 → EWR 14:30UA 663	7h 30m	100%	77%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 05:51 → DFW 07:40AA 1884	2h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:32 → EWR 15:07UA 2454	8h 16m	97%	77%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:21 → ORD 08:29AA 4279 · flown by Envoy	3h 42m Chicago	ORD 12:11 → EWR 15:39UA 606	8h 18m	100%	77%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:13DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest	2h 01m Minneapolis	MSP 10:14 → EWR 14:00UA 1637	7h 00m	95%	75%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 05:34 → MIA 09:03AA 1340	2h 09m Miami	MIA 11:12 → EWR 14:23UA 2080	7h 49m	97%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MEM 15:23 → IAH 17:25UA 5798 · flown by SkyWest	53m Houston	IAH 18:18 → EWR 23:00UA 404	6h 37m	63%	41%
American Details →	MEM 14:20 → ORD 16:23AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	1h 13m Chicago	ORD 17:36 → EWR 21:00AA 3253	5h 40m	67%	27%
United Details →	MEM 18:35 → ORD 20:40UA 5336 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	5h 18m	22%	13%

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

IAH · 1h 06m · leaves 09:00 6%

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 08:27 6%

MSP · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 59m · leaves 19:10 27%

IAH · 53m · leaves 15:23 37%

ORD · 50m · leaves 18:35 78%

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