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 5% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	MKE	IAH	3h 02m	84%	0.5%	877	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 05:00 → MCO 08:40WN 4660	3h 17m Orlando	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	8h 29m	100%	95%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 06:10 → LAS 08:00WN 4197	2h 25m Las Vegas	LAS 10:25 → IAH 15:40UA 1711	9h 30m	96%	87%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 05:40 → ATL 08:42DL 1221	2h 55m Atlanta	ATL 11:37 → IAH 12:47UA 425	7h 07m	96%	84%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 07:35 → MCO 11:15WN 3423	2h 51m Orlando	MCO 14:06 → IAH 15:40UA 2406	8h 05m	96%	84%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 08:15 → DCA 11:00WN 311	1h 59m Washington	DCA 12:59 → IAH 15:18UA 382	7h 03m	93%	84%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 07:00 → BWI 09:50WN 2936	3h 05m Baltimore	BWI 12:55 → IAH 15:11UA 743	8h 11m	97%	82%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MKE 08:00 → MSP 09:28DL 4458 · flown by SkyWest	2h 37m Minneapolis	MSP 12:05 → IAH 15:00UA 1795	7h 00m	96%	82%
United Details →	MKE 06:14 → EWR 09:35UA 3470 · flown by Republic	3h 01m Newark	EWR 12:36 → IAH 15:34UA 2204	9h 20m	96%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MKE 15:11 → ORD 16:22UA 4726 · flown by SkyWest	1h 23m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → IAH 20:50UA 1954	5h 39m	71%	52%
Delta Details →	MKE 18:40 → ATL 21:52DL 1206	52m Atlanta	ATL 22:44 → IAH 23:56DL 1601	5h 16m	65%	47%
American Details →	MKE 18:40 → DFW 21:17AA 2136	1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:47 → IAH 23:58AA 1914	5h 18m	54%	22%

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 16m · leaves 05:02 6%

EWR · 1h 18m · leaves 06:14 10%

MSP · 56m · leaves 08:00 11%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 57m · leaves 14:35 23%

ATL · 52m · leaves 18:40 35%

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