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 1 time in 10 at 9 am and 3 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	CLE	1h 58m	80%	1.0%	1,231	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Cleveland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Cleveland 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	1h 25m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → CLE 10:10WN 4088	4h 10m	100%	93%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	4h 41m	97%	90%
United Details →	MSP 11:34 → DEN 12:45UA 2232	1h 10m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	6h 19m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	7h 23m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	3h 04m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	7h 18m	99%	83%
American Details →	MSP 06:28 → ORD 08:20AA 4803 · flown by Republic	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 11:30 → CLE 14:02AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	6h 34m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	2h 36m Detroit	DTW 14:19 → CLE 15:17DL 3581 · flown by SkyWest	5h 17m	98%	78%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 59m Detroit	DTW 12:46 → CLE 13:46DL 3559 · flown by SkyWest	6h 42m	100%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	MSP 18:00 → BWI 21:25WN 2963	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 22:35 → CLE 22:35WN 909	4h 55m	65%	35%
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	52m Chicago	ORD 17:50 → CLE 20:18UA 2652	4h 02m	40%	23%
United Details →	MSP 18:41 → ORD 20:30UA 5390 · flown by SkyWest	50m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → CLE 23:49UA 457	4h 08m	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

ATL · 55m · leaves 05:20 9%

DTW · 1h 03m · leaves 09:00 9%

BNA · 55m · leaves 07:05 11%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 1h 12m · leaves 15:30 19%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 18:00 35%

ORD · 52m · leaves 15:16 60%

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 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN United UA 619 DEN 09:40 → CLE Connection details →	2h 45m	7h 46m	100%	97%
Southwest WN 2965 MSP 10:45 → DEN United UA 2476 DEN 13:55 → CLE Connection details →	2h 10m	7h 08m	97%	87%
Delta DL 4712 MSP 06:55 → MDW Southwest WN 1813 MDW 12:15 → CLE Connection details →	3h 38m	6h 30m	98%	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