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 barely half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	DFW	2h 30m	80%	1.5%	1,412	Flying now
American	MSP	DFW	2h 40m	78%	3.4%	1,633	Flying now
Frontier	MSP	DFW	2h 47m	73%	1.6%	248	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Dallas-Fort Worth on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 47m Denver	DEN 09:40 → DFW 12:48UA 355	7h 03m	99%	93%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:17 → LAX 11:10DL 2102	2h 40m Los Angeles	LAX 13:50 → DFW 19:04DL 948	9h 47m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 58m Detroit	DTW 12:45 → DFW 14:32DL 1041	8h 30m	100%	83%
American Details →	MSP 07:41 → PHX 09:00AA 3143	1h 31m Phoenix	PHX 10:31 → DFW 15:10AA 3284	7h 29m	95%	81%
American Details →	MSP 06:00 → MIA 10:50AA 1870	1h 25m Miami	MIA 12:15 → DFW 14:34AA 3290	8h 34m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 40m Atlanta	ATL 11:28 → DFW 12:50DL 414	7h 30m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 15:45 → LAX 17:37DL 2114	1h 16m Los Angeles	LAX 18:53 → DFW 23:59DL 420	8h 14m	95%	76%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	3h 46m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:50 → DFW 17:33DL 2811	9h 25m	100%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 15:15 → SEA 17:00DL 877	55m Seattle	SEA 17:55 → DFW 23:59DL 870	8h 44m	69%	49%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	1h 08m Denver	DEN 20:53 → DFW 23:59UA 2239	5h 36m	60%	40%
American Details →	MSP 13:08 → PHL 16:50AA 5658 · flown by PSA	48m Philadelphia	PHL 17:38 → DFW 20:25AA 2947	7h 17m	63%	29%

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

BOS · 1h 20m · leaves 06:55 3%

ATL · 1h 04m · leaves 05:20 7%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 06:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 48m · leaves 13:08 37%

DEN · 1h 08m · leaves 18:23 40%

ORD · 50m · leaves 17:13 55%

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 4867 MSP 06:55 → MCI American AA 3661 MCI 12:16 → DFW Connection details →	3h 43m	7h 11m	98%	90%
Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN American AA 1523 DEN 09:04 → DFW Connection details →	2h 09m	6h 17m	100%	80%
Delta DL 1675 MSP 07:00 → DEN United UA 355 DEN 09:40 → DFW Connection details →	1h 34m	5h 48m	86%	79%

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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