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 6% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	CHS	2h 58m	83%	2.2%	369	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	1h 35m Chicago	MDW 08:05 → CHS 11:25WN 356	5h 25m	100%	96%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	2h 51m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → CHS 14:06UA 3646 · flown by Republic	7h 06m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 10:46 → CHS 12:00DL 3107	5h 40m	98%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 18m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → CHS 12:20DL 5431 · flown by Endeavor	5h 16m	98%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	2h 55m Denver	DEN 09:50 → CHS 15:14UA 1003	8h 24m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 03m Atlanta	ATL 12:29 → CHS 13:41DL 2179	5h 41m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:28 → ATL 11:54DL 1052	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 14:42 → CHS 15:58DL 1381	6h 30m	99%	81%
American Details →	MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894	1h 10m Charlotte	CLT 11:10 → CHS 12:19AA 1658	5h 00m	94%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 18:35 → ATL 22:15DL 1026	55m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → CHS 00:36 +1DL 2850	4h 51m	74%	59%
American Details →	MSP 15:07 → DFW 17:47AA 2122	1h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:17 → CHS 22:55AA 2559	6h 48m	74%	30%
Southwest Details →	MSP 16:00 → BNA 18:00WN 2962	1h 10m Nashville	BNA 19:10 → CHS 21:40WN 4561	4h 35m	48%	18%

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

DTW · 1h 18m · leaves 06:04 2%

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 06:19 6%

BOS · 1h 05m · leaves 06:55 6%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 55m · leaves 18:35 26%

BNA · 1h 10m · leaves 16:00 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.

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