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 8 am and 28% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	RNO	3h 39m	77%	0.0%	93	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Reno on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Reno is 2 h behind Minneapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	MSP 07:06 → LAX 09:01DL 2110	3h 55m Los Angeles	LAX 12:56 → RNO 14:33DL 3902 · flown by SkyWest	9h 27m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 11:40 → LAX 13:34DL 2119	3h 15m Los Angeles	LAX 16:49 → RNO 18:20DL 4126 · flown by SkyWest	8h 40m	98%	88%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:32 → PHX 12:46DL 2274	3h 51m Phoenix	PHX 16:37 → RNO 18:31AA 4053 · flown by Envoy	8h 59m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 12:29 → SLC 14:22DL 2651	1h 58m Salt Lake City	SLC 16:20 → RNO 16:59DL 3732 · flown by SkyWest	6h 30m	97%	87%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:00 → PDX 12:40DL 2167	2h 21m Portland	PDX 15:01 → RNO 16:30AS 2206 · flown by Horizon	7h 30m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	1h 36m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:40 → RNO 12:09DL 1595	5h 59m	98%	85%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:35 → DEN 12:35WN 4346	3h 35m Denver	DEN 16:10 → RNO 17:36UA 1604	8h 01m	100%	85%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:00 → DEN 08:06DL 1675	3h 14m Denver	DEN 11:20 → RNO 12:39UA 2167	7h 39m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	1h 08m Denver	DEN 19:25 → RNO 20:50UA 719	5h 59m	72%	49%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	1h 15m Denver	DEN 21:00 → RNO 22:26UA 2852	6h 03m	65%	40%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:00 → DEN 20:10WN 3063	58m Denver	DEN 21:08 → RNO 22:32WN 1696	5h 33m	29%	13%

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

SEA · 1h 12m · leaves 06:03 8%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 08:01 9%

PHX · 1h 12m · leaves 07:41 9%

Afternoon and evening

SLC · 1h 05m · leaves 20:20 15%

LAX · 1h 08m · leaves 18:58 22%

DEN · 58m · leaves 19:00 71%

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