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 one-hour layover misses 7% of the time at 10 am and 18% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSN	DTW	1h 21m	83%	1.0%	1,338	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Detroit on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Detroit is 1 h ahead of Madison). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MSN 08:52 → MSP 10:15DL 4103 · flown by SkyWest	2h 40m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	5h 46m	98%	87%
American Details →	MSN 05:00 → ORD 06:15AA 3702 · flown by Envoy	1h 15m Chicago	ORD 07:30 → DTW 10:03AA 4103 · flown by Envoy	4h 04m	100%	86%
United Details →	MSN 05:00 → ORD 06:17UA 4707 · flown by SkyWest	1h 03m Chicago	ORD 07:20 → DTW 09:52UA 1344	3h 52m	93%	85%
Delta Details →	MSN 06:00 → MSP 07:09DL 1274	1h 51m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	4h 43m	95%	83%
American Details →	MSN 05:00 → ORD 06:15AA 4322 · flown by Envoy	3h 45m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DTW 12:32AA 3498 · flown by Envoy	6h 34m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	MSN 05:48 → ATL 09:00DL 1160	2h 00m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 08m	95%	79%
Delta Details →	MSN 07:00 → LGA 10:20DL 5847 · flown by Republic	2h 35m New York	LGA 12:55 → DTW 14:51DL 1122	6h 51m	98%	75%
Delta Details →	MSN 12:03 → MSP 13:37DL 4102 · flown by SkyWest	2h 38m Minneapolis	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	5h 57m	95%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSN 17:52 → PHL 21:10AA 5532 · flown by PSA	54m Philadelphia	PHL 22:04 → DTW 23:59AA 5169 · flown by PSA	5h 07m	67%	39%
American Details →	MSN 11:23 → DFW 13:45AA 2142	1h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:47 → DTW 18:29AA 1786	6h 06m	71%	35%
United Details →	MSN 17:45 → ORD 19:00UA 4603 · flown by GoJet	47m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	3h 34m	48%	28%

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

CLT · 59m · leaves 07:00 7%

PHL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 16:11 34%

DCA · 1h 10m · leaves 16:34 50%

ORD · 47m · leaves 17:45 52%

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.


United UA 5902 MSN 06:41 → ORD American AA 3498 ORD 10:00 → DTW Connection details →	2h 06m	4h 53m	98%	82%
American AA 4688 MSN 06:34 → ORD Delta DL 3673 ORD 11:30 → DTW Connection details →	3h 30m	6h 25m	95%	79%
American AA 4018 MSN 09:13 → ORD Delta DL 1716 ORD 14:07 → DTW Connection details →	3h 37m	6h 27m	100%	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