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 18% of the time at 11 am and 44% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	COS	2h 23m	85%	0.0%	93	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	1h 05m Denver	DEN 08:00 → COS 08:55WN 3419	4h 05m	100%	98%
Delta Details →	MSP 12:29 → SLC 14:22DL 2651	1h 33m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:55 → COS 17:40DL 4449 · flown by SkyWest	6h 11m	95%	86%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	3h 24m Denver	DEN 23:09 → COS 23:59UA 4745 · flown by SkyWest	6h 36m	98%	84%
American Details →	MSP 06:02 → DFW 08:40AA 2150	2h 48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:28 → COS 12:37AA 6390 · flown by SkyWest	7h 35m	95%	81%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 52m Denver	DEN 09:45 → COS 10:46UA 5306 · flown by SkyWest	6h 01m	99%	80%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 22m Chicago	ORD 09:06 → COS 11:09UA 1082	6h 09m	97%	79%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:35 → DEN 12:35WN 4346	3h 00m Denver	DEN 15:35 → COS 16:32UA 5546 · flown by SkyWest	5h 57m	100%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	1h 04m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → COS 12:35DL 2427	6h 35m	91%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 18:13 → SLC 20:07DL 2607	52m Salt Lake City	SLC 20:59 → COS 22:42DL 3788 · flown by SkyWest	5h 29m	70%	64%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	1h 25m Denver	DEN 21:10 → COS 22:06UA 4650 · flown by SkyWest	4h 43m	71%	53%
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	48m Denver	DEN 19:05 → COS 20:01UA 4793 · flown by SkyWest	4h 10m	56%	41%

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 · 52m · leaves 05:45 6%

ATL · 1h 04m · leaves 07:00 9%

DFW · 52m · leaves 08:01 18%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 52m · leaves 18:13 30%

DEN · 48m · leaves 16:51 44%

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