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

Take the nonstop: Southwest MKE → DAL (2h 30m) reaches Dallas on time 82% of the time; the most reliable connection, Southwest via Nashville (5h 25m), 66%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Southwest MKE DAL 2h 30m 82% 0.0% 400 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → MKE 05:25 → PHX 07:05WN 2954 1h 10m Phoenix PHX 08:15 → DAL 12:40WN 875 7h 15m 100% 93%
DeltaDetails → MKE 05:40 → ATL 08:42DL 1221 1h 33m Atlanta ATL 10:15 → DAL 11:24DL 1115 5h 44m 95% 85%
SouthwestDetails → MKE 07:40 → BNA 09:10WN 4598 3h 10m Nashville BNA 12:20 → DAL 14:15WN 5046 6h 35m 100% 85%
DeltaDetails → MKE 06:50 → ATL 10:00DL 1236 3h 59m Atlanta ATL 13:59 → DAL 15:03DL 512 8h 22m 98% 81%
DeltaDetails → MKE 14:59 → ATL 18:06DL 1246 3h 09m Atlanta ATL 21:15 → DAL 22:34DL 1104 7h 35m 99% 78%
DeltaDetails → MKE 10:11 → ATL 13:14DL 2999 3h 24m Atlanta ATL 16:38 → DAL 17:55DL 2780 7h 44m 100% 74%
SouthwestDetails → MKE 05:15 → DEN 06:50WN 2942 3h 15m Denver DEN 10:05 → DAL 13:10WN 1518 7h 55m 100% 73%
SouthwestDetails → MKE 05:45 → MDW 06:35WN 3178 3h 25m Chicago MDW 10:00 → DAL 12:15WN 1487 6h 30m 100% 73%
Tight connection: often missed
SouthwestDetails → MKE 11:45 → LAS 13:30WN 4659 55m Las Vegas LAS 14:25 → DAL 19:10WN 4489 7h 25m 65% 36%
SouthwestDetails → MKE 16:30 → BNA 18:00WN 1369 58m Nashville BNA 18:58 → DAL 20:52WN 490 4h 23m 13% 5%

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
PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 05:25 0%
DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 09:10 5%

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