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 14% of the time at 10 am and 7 times in 10 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	DTW	1h 45m	83%	0.6%	1,890	Flying now
Spirit	MSP	DTW	1h 40m	89%few flights	0.0%	28	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 42m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	7h 42m	99%	95%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:05 → CMH 10:03DL 2772	2h 05m Columbus	CMH 12:08 → DTW 13:20DL 5810 · flown by Republic	5h 14m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:05 → RDU 10:33DL 2783	2h 27m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 13:00 → DTW 14:58DL 2265	6h 53m	99%	87%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	1h 25m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → DTW 10:05WN 1775	4h 05m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 13:45 → MCI 15:14DL 1613	2h 30m Kansas City	MCI 17:44 → DTW 20:45DL 2761	6h 00m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 10:20 → MCI 11:49DL 1608	2h 21m Kansas City	MCI 14:10 → DTW 17:10DL 2741	5h 48m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:10 → BWI 10:42DL 2357	1h 50m Baltimore	BWI 12:32 → DTW 14:08DL 1546	5h 58m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	7h 42m	99%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 14:20 → RDU 17:54DL 2699	46m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 18:40 → DTW 20:31DL 1407	5h 11m	65%	52%
Delta Details →	MSP 12:45 → MCO 17:02DL 2225	48m Orlando	MCO 17:50 → DTW 20:45DL 337	7h 00m	59%	37%
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	47m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → DTW 20:22UA 5232 · flown by SkyWest	4h 06m	29%	16%

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

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 06:19 6%

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 07:05 7%

GRR · 1h 17m · leaves 08:25 8%

Afternoon and evening

MCO · 48m · leaves 12:45 41%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 16:15 57%

ORD · 47m · leaves 15:16 71%

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 1915 DEN 09:35 → DTW Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 37m	100%	96%
Southwest WN 3658 MSP 05:25 → BWI Delta DL 1546 BWI 12:32 → DTW Connection details →	3h 42m	7h 43m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 2520 MSP 05:00 → MDW Delta DL 4674 MDW 09:17 → DTW Connection details →	2h 47m	5h 35m	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