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 7% of the time at 9 am and 43% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	MSP	DEN	2h 19m	81%	0.6%	1,707	Flying now
Frontier	MSP	DEN	2h 17m	80%	0.8%	633	Flying now
Delta	MSP	DEN	2h 10m	78%	0.9%	1,806	Flying now
Southwest	MSP	DEN	2h 05m	77%	0.5%	1,675	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	7h 45m	99%	94%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957	8h 04m	98%	87%
United Details →	MSP 07:34 → ORD 09:18UA 567	3h 38m Chicago	ORD 12:56 → DEN 14:46UA 1150	8h 12m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706	8h 39m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	3h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:20 → DEN 14:56DL 1623	7h 46m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 55m Detroit	DTW 12:42 → DEN 13:54DL 1648	8h 50m	100%	84%
United Details →	MSP 15:20 → SFO 17:32UA 1367	2h 24m San Francisco	SFO 19:56 → DEN 23:43UA 2019	9h 23m	95%	83%
United Details →	MSP 07:35 → IAH 10:30UA 2460	2h 03m Houston	IAH 12:33 → DEN 14:17UA 2168	7h 42m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 18:17 → DEN 20:22UA 1974	6h 06m	75%	42%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:08 → MDW 20:38WN 4115	47m Chicago	MDW 21:25 → DEN 23:05WN 2770	5h 02m	46%	24%
American Details →	MSP 19:15 → DFW 21:50AA 2148	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:45 → DEN 23:55AA 662	5h 40m	50%	20%

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 · 1h 19m · leaves 07:00 5%

DTW · 59m · leaves 09:00 12%

ORD · 56m · leaves 06:00 12%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 00m · leaves 17:13 43%

DFW · 55m · leaves 19:15 50%

MDW · 47m · leaves 19:08 54%

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 3950 MSP 07:00 → AUS United UA 1541 AUS 12:55 → DEN Connection details →	3h 05m	8h 14m	98%	94%
Delta DL 1730 MSP 06:00 → MCO United UA 1520 MCO 12:50 → DEN Connection details →	2h 38m	9h 51m	99%	92%
Delta DL 3561 MSP 09:05 → FSD United UA 5492 FSD 13:18 → DEN Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 05m	100%	91%

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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