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 3% of the time at 8 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	TVC	1h 30m	76%	0.0%	214	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 48m Chicago	ORD 09:32 → TVC 11:54AA 4190 · flown by Envoy	4h 54m	93%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	3h 52m Detroit	DTW 22:51 → TVC 22:42DL 2424	6h 43m	100%	75%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 52m Denver	DEN 09:45 → TVC 14:26UA 1887	7h 41m	99%	75%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 06:55 → CLT 10:22DL 1827	2h 43m Charlotte	CLT 13:05 → TVC 15:31AA 5628 · flown by PSA	7h 34m	98%	74%
American Details →	MSP 10:31 → ORD 12:16AA 4162 · flown by Envoy	1h 39m Chicago	ORD 13:55 → TVC 16:17AA 3772 · flown by Envoy	4h 46m	93%	68%
American Details →	MSP 05:54 → PHL 09:36AA 5488 · flown by PSA	54m Philadelphia	PHL 10:30 → TVC 12:47AA 5480 · flown by PSA	5h 53m	87%	68%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	MSP 07:00 → ORD 08:35DL 1544	3h 16m Chicago	ORD 11:51 → TVC 14:14AA 6379 · flown by SkyWest	6h 14m	97%	68%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 28m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → TVC 13:27DL 3976 · flown by SkyWest	6h 23m	100%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → TVC 20:19UA 2790	4h 03m	57%	35%
United Details →	MSP 11:32 → ORD 13:15UA 576	50m Chicago	ORD 14:05 → TVC 16:31UA 5504 · flown by SkyWest	3h 59m	59%	30%
United Details →	MSP 18:41 → ORD 20:30UA 5390 · flown by SkyWest	55m Chicago	ORD 21:25 → TVC 23:54UA 3572 · flown by Republic	4h 13m	44%	22%

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%

DCA · 1h 09m · leaves 06:30 11%

PHL · 54m · leaves 05:54 13%

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