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 3% of the time at 8 am and 17% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	MEM	2h 15m	83%	1.0%	901	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:00 → DEN 08:06DL 1675	2h 59m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	7h 26m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	3h 27m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	7h 15m	99%	85%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:35 → DEN 12:35WN 4346	3h 08m Denver	DEN 15:43 → MEM 19:03F9 4626	7h 28m	100%	85%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	3h 35m Chicago	MDW 10:05 → MEM 11:40WN 2824	6h 40m	100%	82%
United Details →	MSP 12:05 → IAH 15:00UA 1795	3h 05m Houston	IAH 18:05 → MEM 19:54UA 6167 · flown by Mesa	7h 49m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → MEM 13:57DL 1681	6h 57m	99%	80%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 10:03 → DFW 12:30DL 2970	2h 40m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	6h 46m	98%	80%
American Details →	MSP 06:28 → ORD 08:20AA 4803 · flown by Republic	3h 36m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → MEM 13:47AA 3675 · flown by Envoy	7h 19m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 15:30 → LGA 19:18DL 2732	57m New York	LGA 20:15 → MEM 22:24DL 5775 · flown by Republic	6h 57m	71%	38%
United Details →	MSP 18:41 → ORD 20:30UA 5390 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MEM 23:21UA 2317	4h 40m	44%	23%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:08 → MDW 20:38WN 4115	47m Chicago	MDW 21:25 → MEM 23:10WN 4100	3h 57m	46%	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

ORD · 1h 16m · leaves 06:00 3%

DFW · 58m · leaves 06:02 15%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 53m · leaves 17:15 23%

LGA · 57m · leaves 15:30 29%

MDW · 47m · leaves 19:08 54%

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