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, one ticket

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%
Delta Details →	MEM 05:15 → ATL 07:35DL 1666	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 09m	97%	79%
United Details →	MEM 15:25 → DEN 17:09UA 498	2h 01m Denver	DEN 19:10 → EWR 01:04 +1UA 2093	8h 39m	92%	71%
United Details →	MEM 09:00 → IAH 10:54UA 4003 · flown by Mesa	2h 52m Houston	IAH 13:46 → EWR 18:30UA 1397	8h 30m	99%	71%
United Details →	MEM 15:23 → IAH 17:25UA 5798 · flown by SkyWest	2h 30m Houston	IAH 19:55 → EWR 00:37 +1UA 1444	8h 14m	95%	71%
Delta Details →	MEM 07:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1625	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 13:09 → EWR 15:24DL 2322	6h 59m	98%	70%
Delta Details →	MEM 07:15 → SLC 09:32DL 2290	57m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:29 → EWR 16:49DL 2033	8h 38m	89%	70%
Delta Details →	MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:13DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest	1h 01m Minneapolis	MSP 09:14 → EWR 12:56DL 2895	5h 56m	90%	69%
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.


American AA 978 MEM 05:00 → CLT United UA 3448 CLT 11:10 → EWR Connection details →	3h 24m	7h 16m	98%	84%
Frontier F9 4625 MEM 19:54 → DEN United UA 1745 DEN 23:59 → EWR Connection details →	2h 18m	8h 46m	88%	79%
Southwest WN 4596 MEM 06:00 → MCO United UA 663 MCO 11:45 → EWR Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 30m	100%	77%

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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