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 75-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	MEM	PHL	2h 28m	81%	4.1%	758	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MEM 05:15 → MDW 06:50WN 2916	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	5h 40m	100%	96%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 07:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1625	2h 40m Atlanta	ATL 12:25 → PHL 14:36AA 4338 · flown by Republic	6h 11m	97%	90%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:00 → MCO 09:00WN 4596	3h 02m Orlando	MCO 12:02 → PHL 14:39AA 2101	7h 39m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:13DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest	2h 56m Minneapolis	MSP 11:09 → PHL 14:43DL 2679	7h 42m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	3h 46m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	7h 11m	98%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:21 → ORD 08:29AA 4279 · flown by Envoy	3h 04m Chicago	ORD 11:33 → PHL 14:47UA 2182	7h 26m	100%	78%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 06:00 → BOS 10:05DL 5604 · flown by Republic	2h 33m Boston	BOS 12:38 → PHL 14:16AA 3043	7h 16m	96%	77%
American Details →	MEM 05:51 → DFW 07:40AA 1884	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:40 → PHL 13:02AA 2128	6h 11m	92%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MEM 17:19 → DFW 19:09AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	1h 10m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:19 → PHL 00:35 +1AA 2542	6h 16m	71%	38%
American Details →	MEM 18:04 → ORD 20:23AA 4457 · flown by Republic	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 21:42 → PHL 00:55 +1AA 490	5h 52m	65%	28%
United Details →	MEM 18:35 → ORD 20:40UA 5336 · flown by SkyWest	1h 05m Chicago	ORD 21:45 → PHL 00:57 +1UA 1744	5h 22m	44%	27%

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 20m · leaves 05:15 6%

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 05:51 8%

DTW · 47m · leaves 06:30 16%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 19:10 19%

DFW · 1h 10m · leaves 17:19 29%

ORD · 1h 05m · leaves 18:35 56%

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