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 1 time in 10 at 11 am and 23% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MEM	SLC	3h 17m	90%	1.1%	365	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 08:00 → PHX 09:28AA 3879 · flown by Envoy	3h 52m Phoenix	PHX 13:20 → SLC 15:58DL 1431	9h 01m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	2h 30m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → SLC 12:10DL 387	7h 55m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	MEM 08:27 → ATL 10:51DL 5247 · flown by Endeavor	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 13:55 → SLC 15:51DL 423	8h 26m	98%	84%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 09:00 → IAH 10:54UA 4003 · flown by Mesa	3h 26m Houston	IAH 14:20 → SLC 16:35DL 1532	8h 35m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MEM 07:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1625	2h 09m Atlanta	ATL 11:54 → SLC 13:50DL 663	7h 25m	97%	83%
American Details →	MEM 06:21 → ORD 08:29AA 4279 · flown by Envoy	1h 36m Chicago	ORD 10:05 → SLC 12:35AA 2616	7h 15m	100%	83%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MEM 09:40 → DEN 11:05WN 579	2h 35m Denver	DEN 13:40 → SLC 15:13UA 1840	6h 33m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:30 → DTW 09:23DL 2370	3h 02m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → SLC 14:19DL 935	8h 49m	96%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MEM 09:46 → ORD 11:57UA 5672 · flown by SkyWest	48m Chicago	ORD 12:45 → SLC 15:22UA 1955	6h 36m	72%	55%
American Details →	MEM 14:56 → CLT 17:48AA 2116	56m Charlotte	CLT 18:44 → SLC 21:16AA 2611	7h 16m	61%	41%
American Details →	MEM 18:30 → DFW 20:22AA 3677 · flown by Envoy	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:10 → SLC 22:59AA 2993	5h 29m	44%	19%

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

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 06:36 5%

BOS · 1h 10m · leaves 06:00 5%

CLT · 1h 14m · leaves 05:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 50m · leaves 14:42 23%

CLT · 56m · leaves 14:56 39%

DFW · 48m · leaves 18:30 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