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 90-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 23% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	BWI	2h 29m	82%	1.4%	918	Flying now
Southwest	MSP	BWI	2h 25m	81%	1.8%	491	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	2h 25m Chicago	MDW 08:55 → BWI 11:45WN 1355	5h 45m	100%	90%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 53m Denver	DEN 09:46 → BWI 15:17UA 1362	8h 32m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 22m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711	6h 43m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 23m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → BWI 11:47DL 1546	4h 43m	98%	83%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	3h 07m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → BWI 13:57UA 2653	6h 57m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	3h 26m Detroit	DTW 15:09 → BWI 16:45DL 2480	6h 45m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	3h 36m Atlanta	ATL 14:02 → BWI 15:53DL 2799	7h 53m	99%	78%
Southwest Details →	MSP 07:05 → BNA 09:10WN 1528	2h 55m Nashville	BNA 12:05 → BWI 14:55WN 1345	6h 50m	100%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSP 17:47 → CLT 21:29AA 2151	1h 16m Charlotte	CLT 22:45 → BWI 00:14 +1AA 1318	5h 27m	75%	53%
Southwest Details →	MSP 16:15 → MDW 17:45WN 2971	1h 15m Chicago	MDW 19:00 → BWI 21:55WN 2745	4h 40m	68%	41%
United Details →	MSP 18:41 → ORD 20:30UA 5390 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → BWI 00:28 +1UA 675	4h 47m	44%	24%

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.

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 50m · leaves 18:02 23%

CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 17:47 25%

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 16:15 32%

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.


Delta DL 2649 MSP 06:55 → BOS Southwest WN 733 BOS 13:20 → BWI Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 05m	99%	89%
Southwest WN 4071 MSP 05:58 → DEN United UA 1362 DEN 09:46 → BWI Connection details →	2h 44m	8h 19m	97%	86%
Delta DL 2783 MSP 07:05 → RDU Southwest WN 297 RDU 13:20 → BWI Connection details →	2h 47m	6h 30m	98%	85%

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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