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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 8% of the time at 10 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
Delta MSP FLL 3h 36m 82% 1.5% 711 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Fort Lauderdale is 1 h ahead of Minneapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
SouthwestDetails → MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520 1h 20m Chicago MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55WN 4409 5h 55m 100% 89%
SouthwestDetails → MSP 05:25 → BWI 08:50WN 3658 1h 00m Baltimore BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785 5h 55m 100% 85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525 2h 52m Denver DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188 8h 57m 100% 82%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → MSP 10:24 → IAH 13:15DL 2673 3h 20m Houston IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277 8h 58m 99% 82%
UnitedDetails → MSP 07:35 → IAH 10:30UA 2460 3h 50m Houston IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462 9h 32m 100% 81%
DeltaDetails → MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461 3h 43m Detroit DTW 12:30 → FLL 15:35DL 1294 8h 31m 100% 80%
UnitedDetails → MSP 12:29 → IAD 15:56UA 1951 1h 46m Dulles IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379 7h 03m 98% 79%
AmericanDetails → MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894 3h 18m Charlotte CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875 8h 01m 99% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531 1h 01m Chicago ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294 5h 59m 57% 36%
SouthwestDetails → MSP 12:20 → MDW 13:45WN 3743 1h 10m Chicago MDW 14:55 → FLL 18:55WN 4899 5h 35m 67% 32%
AmericanDetails → MSP 15:11 → DFW 17:50AA 2145 1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946 6h 41m 64% 30%

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
STL · 1h 00m · leaves 07:45 8%
CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 06:19 8%
PHL · 1h 09m · leaves 05:54 9%
Afternoon and evening
ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 15:16 43%

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