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 75-minute layover misses 8% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 3 pm.

Nonstops


United	MKE	ORD	1h 10m	70%	4.3%	3,078	Flying now
American	MKE	ORD	1h 12m	69%	4.6%	2,190	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	MKE 07:01 → CLT 10:07AA 2866	54m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	5h 18m	86%	76%
United Details →	MKE 08:16 → DEN 10:05UA 5558 · flown by SkyWest	1h 10m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	6h 39m	92%	75%
Delta Details →	MKE 06:50 → ATL 10:00DL 1236	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → ORD 14:16DL 1477	7h 26m	98%	72%
American Details →	MKE 06:01 → DCA 09:10AA 5646 · flown by PSA	2h 25m Washington	DCA 11:35 → ORD 12:53AA 489	6h 52m	94%	70%
Delta Details →	MKE 07:12 → DTW 09:30DL 3757 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Detroit	DTW 12:35 → ORD 13:03DL 1716	5h 51m	92%	70%
United Details →	MKE 06:14 → EWR 09:35UA 3470 · flown by Republic	1h 50m Newark	EWR 11:25 → ORD 13:08UA 1875	6h 54m	92%	70%
Delta Details →	MKE 06:20 → MSP 07:43DL 4460 · flown by SkyWest	2h 17m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → ORD 11:32DL 1567	5h 11m	96%	68%
Delta Details →	MKE 08:00 → MSP 09:28DL 4458 · flown by SkyWest	3h 58m Minneapolis	MSP 13:26 → ORD 15:05DL 1533	7h 05m	98%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MKE 18:40 → ATL 21:52DL 1206	58m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → ORD 23:53DL 1199	5h 19m	70%	48%
American Details →	MKE 12:49 → DCA 15:59AA 5286 · flown by PSA	1h 23m Washington	DCA 17:22 → ORD 18:54AA 1630	6h 05m	71%	41%
American Details →	MKE 18:40 → DFW 21:17AA 2136	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:12 → ORD 00:50 +1AA 1193	6h 10m	38%	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

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 08:16 8%

DTW · 50m · leaves 09:37 13%

CLT · 54m · leaves 07:01 14%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 17:46 29%

ATL · 58m · leaves 18:40 30%

DFW · 55m · leaves 18:40 62%

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.


Delta DL 4460 MKE 06:20 → MSP American AA 4162 MSP 10:31 → ORD Connection details →	2h 48m	5h 56m	96%	85%
Southwest WN 4598 MKE 07:40 → BNA United UA 1616 BNA 12:49 → ORD Connection details →	3h 39m	7h 10m	100%	79%
Delta DL 1221 MKE 05:40 → ATL United UA 1239 ATL 11:29 → ORD Connection details →	2h 47m	7h 12m	96%	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