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 12% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	SNA	3h 56m	70%	1.4%	577	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	55m Denver	DEN 07:50 → SNA 09:15WN 1745	5h 25m	96%	90%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 15:58 → PDX 17:37DL 2008	2h 22m Portland	PDX 19:59 → SNA 22:30AS 518	8h 32m	93%	90%
Delta Details →	MSP 15:15 → SEA 17:00DL 877	2h 35m Seattle	SEA 19:35 → SNA 22:30DL 3932 · flown by SkyWest	9h 15m	98%	87%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:00 → DEN 08:06DL 1675	3h 14m Denver	DEN 11:20 → SNA 12:51UA 1320	7h 51m	100%	86%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 11:00 → PDX 12:40DL 2167	2h 08m Portland	PDX 14:48 → SNA 17:19AS 264	8h 19m	94%	85%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:00 → SEA 08:50DL 1418	2h 16m Seattle	SEA 11:06 → SNA 13:55AS 1357	8h 55m	100%	85%
Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:05 → LAS 08:27DL 2261	2h 50m Las Vegas	LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699	7h 29m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 14:51 → LAS 16:10DL 1542	1h 56m Las Vegas	LAS 18:06 → SNA 19:28DL 4179 · flown by SkyWest	6h 37m	97%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	53m Denver	DEN 19:10 → SNA 20:40UA 1704	5h 49m	61%	46%
American Details →	MSP 15:07 → DFW 17:47AA 2122	1h 28m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:15 → SNA 20:22AA 806	7h 15m	73%	43%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	47m Denver	DEN 20:32 → SNA 22:01UA 725	5h 38m	44%	35%

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 20m · leaves 07:00 2%

PHX · 1h 15m · leaves 07:41 8%

DEN · 47m · leaves 05:45 12%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 16:09 19%

SLC · 58m · leaves 18:13 22%

DEN · 47m · leaves 18:23 56%

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