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 9 am and 31% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	PWM	2h 43m	93%	0.0%	143	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 13m Detroit	DTW 10:00 → PWM 11:55DL 426	4h 51m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	2h 17m Detroit	DTW 14:00 → PWM 15:55DL 1821	5h 55m	98%	85%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:25 → BWI 08:50WN 3658	2h 00m Baltimore	BWI 10:50 → PWM 12:20WN 1065	5h 55m	100%	84%
American Details →	MSP 05:54 → PHL 09:36AA 5488 · flown by PSA	3h 09m Philadelphia	PHL 12:45 → PWM 14:16AA 2354	7h 22m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 32m Atlanta	ATL 10:20 → PWM 13:00DL 2479	6h 40m	96%	83%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	3h 16m Chicago	ORD 11:00 → PWM 14:31UA 2804	7h 31m	99%	83%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:17 → IAD 10:52DL 3699 · flown by SkyWest	1h 53m Dulles	IAD 12:45 → PWM 14:34UA 3535 · flown by Republic	6h 17m	90%	81%
American Details →	MSP 10:31 → ORD 12:16AA 4162 · flown by Envoy	3h 04m Chicago	ORD 15:20 → PWM 18:58AA 4774 · flown by Republic	7h 23m	98%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 18:08 → PWM 21:41UA 1401	5h 25m	69%	40%
Delta Details →	MSP 18:10 → JFK 22:09DL 5244 · flown by Endeavor	50m New York	JFK 22:59 → PWM 00:52 +1DL 5411 · flown by Endeavor	5h 42m	48%	31%
Southwest Details →	MSP 16:15 → MDW 17:45WN 2971	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 18:55 → PWM 22:10WN 4272	4h 58m	50%	25%

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 13m · leaves 06:04 3%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 08:01 9%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 18:00 35%

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 16:15 50%

JFK · 50m · leaves 18:10 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