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 90-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 9 am and 23% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	MKE	EWR	2h 20m	79%	4.9%	850	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 Milwaukee). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 05:00 → MCO 08:40WN 4660	1h 42m Orlando	MCO 10:22 → EWR 13:05UA 2120	7h 05m	97%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 07:42 → STL 09:02WN 2327	3h 21m St Louis	STL 12:23 → EWR 16:00UA 3573 · flown by Republic	7h 18m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	MKE 05:40 → ATL 08:42DL 1221	1h 21m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	5h 44m	94%	77%
United Details →	MKE 05:00 → ORD 05:59UA 5799 · flown by SkyWest	1h 11m Chicago	ORD 07:10 → EWR 10:30UA 563	4h 30m	87%	76%
United Details →	MKE 08:16 → DEN 10:05UA 5558 · flown by SkyWest	1h 32m Denver	DEN 11:37 → EWR 17:31UA 1233	8h 15m	99%	75%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 06:20 → MSP 07:43DL 4460 · flown by SkyWest	2h 31m Minneapolis	MSP 10:14 → EWR 14:00UA 1637	6h 40m	91%	73%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 05:02 → ORD 06:14AA 6358 · flown by SkyWest	2h 26m Chicago	ORD 08:40 → EWR 12:06UA 2301	6h 04m	96%	72%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 06:08 → ORD 07:30AA 4914 · flown by SkyWest	3h 21m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 09m	97%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MKE 08:50 → ORD 10:00UA 5402 · flown by SkyWest	51m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	4h 27m	64%	47%
Delta Details →	MKE 18:40 → ATL 21:52DL 1206	48m Atlanta	ATL 22:40 → EWR 00:57 +1DL 2552	5h 18m	62%	41%
United Details →	MKE 19:23 → ORD 20:29UA 5653 · flown by SkyWest	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	4h 30m	28%	17%

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 10m · leaves 06:20 5%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 48m · leaves 18:40 38%

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