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 75-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	ATL	2h 37m	84%	0.5%	3,204	Flying now
Frontier	MSP	ATL	2h 48m	57%	2.1%	192	Flying now
Spirit	MSP	ATL	2h 46m	84%	0.0%	101	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSP 07:55 → MKE 09:15DL 4466 · flown by SkyWest	3h 41m Milwaukee	MKE 12:56 → ATL 16:04DL 1151	7h 09m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:55 → MCI 08:33DL 4867 · flown by Endeavor	3h 48m Kansas City	MCI 12:21 → ATL 15:28DL 2908	7h 33m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → MSN 08:12DL 4103 · flown by SkyWest	2h 55m Madison	MSN 11:07 → ATL 14:13DL 2681	6h 13m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:05 → RDU 10:33DL 2783	3h 16m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 13:49 → ATL 15:20DL 1488	7h 15m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 10:14 → CMH 13:08DL 2550	3h 53m Columbus	CMH 17:01 → ATL 18:41DL 2200	7h 29m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:29 → PIT 10:33DL 845	3h 14m Pittsburgh	PIT 13:47 → ATL 15:35DL 1345	7h 06m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 10:20 → MCI 11:49DL 1608	3h 49m Kansas City	MCI 15:38 → ATL 18:49DL 1443	7h 29m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 13:45 → MCI 15:14DL 1613	2h 26m Kansas City	MCI 17:40 → ATL 20:54DL 1660	6h 09m	100%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 08:55 → DEN 10:05DL 2849	53m Denver	DEN 10:58 → ATL 15:54DL 346	6h 03m	72%	56%
Delta Details →	MSP 14:20 → SDF 17:15DL 5017 · flown by Endeavor	1h 19m Louisville	SDF 18:34 → ATL 20:15DL 1126	4h 55m	69%	56%
American Details →	MSP 17:47 → CLT 21:29AA 2151	1h 07m Charlotte	CLT 22:36 → ATL 23:58AA 5498 · flown by PSA	5h 11m	70%	45%

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

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 07:10 5%

PHL · 1h 15m · leaves 07:10 5%

LGA · 1h 15m · leaves 07:05 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 17:13 33%

MCO · 53m · leaves 15:30 38%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:15 57%

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.


Southwest WN 3658 MSP 05:25 → BWI Delta DL 801 BWI 11:52 → ATL Connection details →	3h 02m	7h 16m	100%	87%
Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN Delta DL 2235 DEN 09:40 → ATL Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 46m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 4346 MSP 11:35 → DEN Delta DL 957 DEN 15:15 → ATL Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 47m	100%	84%

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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