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 70-minute layover misses 15% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	MKE	STL	1h 20m	89%	0.9%	684	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MKE 05:45 → MDW 06:35WN 3178	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → STL 09:10WN 2900	3h 25m	100%	95%
United Details →	MKE 06:20 → ORD 07:30UA 5896 · flown by SkyWest	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 10:40 → STL 12:11UA 1355	5h 51m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MKE 10:11 → ATL 13:14DL 2999	55m Atlanta	ATL 14:09 → STL 14:48DL 2700	4h 39m	94%	82%
United Details →	MKE 10:46 → IAH 13:40UA 6254 · flown by Mesa	1h 51m Houston	IAH 15:31 → STL 17:42UA 6160 · flown by Mesa	6h 56m	96%	80%
American Details →	MKE 07:40 → ORD 09:02AA 6213 · flown by SkyWest	3h 30m Chicago	ORD 12:32 → STL 13:55AA 3815 · flown by Envoy	6h 15m	96%	79%
Delta Details →	MKE 09:57 → MSP 11:21DL 4466 · flown by SkyWest	3h 54m Minneapolis	MSP 15:15 → STL 16:46DL 3185	6h 49m	100%	78%
Delta Details →	MKE 05:40 → ATL 08:42DL 1221	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → STL 12:34DL 566	6h 50m	96%	78%
Southwest Details →	MKE 09:10 → DEN 10:40WN 1450	2h 15m Denver	DEN 12:55 → STL 15:55WN 3152	6h 50m	98%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MKE 13:22 → DTW 15:37DL 5476 · flown by Endeavor	1h 04m Detroit	DTW 16:41 → STL 17:23DL 2822	4h 01m	69%	53%
United Details →	MKE 17:29 → ORD 18:40UA 5648 · flown by SkyWest	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 19:55 → STL 21:26UA 2144	3h 57m	67%	39%
American Details →	MKE 18:40 → DFW 21:17AA 2136	53m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:10 → STL 23:58AA 3049	5h 19m	35%	16%

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

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 05:45 0%

DCA · 1h 00m · leaves 08:15 10%

MSP · 1h 12m · leaves 06:20 14%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 17:29 33%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 17:46 43%

DFW · 53m · leaves 18:40 65%

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.


Southwest WN 1450 MKE 09:10 → DEN United UA 1639 DEN 13:25 → STL Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 23m	98%	85%
American AA 4914 MKE 06:08 → ORD United UA 1355 ORD 10:40 → STL Connection details →	3h 10m	6h 03m	97%	84%
United UA 4803 MKE 07:50 → ORD American AA 3815 ORD 12:32 → STL Connection details →	3h 32m	6h 05m	93%	78%

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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