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 11 am and barely half the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	MSP	EWR	2h 46m	80%	4.6%	961	Flying now
Delta	MSP	EWR	2h 44m	78%	4.1%	1,301	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Newark on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Newark 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	3h 09m Denver	DEN 10:02 → EWR 16:00UA 1423	9h 15m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 20:20 → SLC 22:15DL 1051	1h 23m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:38 → EWR 06:00 +1DL 2038	8h 35m	91%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 15m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 04m	95%	78%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 28m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → EWR 11:59DL 2577	4h 55m	98%	77%
American Details →	MSP 06:00 → MIA 10:50AA 1870	2h 45m Miami	MIA 13:35 → EWR 16:39AA 1823	9h 41m	98%	75%
United Details →	MSP 07:34 → ORD 09:18UA 567	2h 53m Chicago	ORD 12:11 → EWR 15:39UA 606	7h 05m	100%	74%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	3h 07m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 17m	99%	73%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 13:09 → EWR 15:24DL 2322	7h 24m	99%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 17:13 → ORD 19:00UA 658	1h 07m Chicago	ORD 20:07 → EWR 23:39UA 759	5h 26m	65%	39%
United Details →	MSP 18:41 → ORD 20:30UA 5390 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 21:30 → EWR 00:53 +1UA 1209	5h 12m	56%	33%
Frontier Details →	MSP 14:24 → ATL 18:12F9 3046	52m Atlanta	ATL 19:04 → EWR 21:29F9 1158	6h 05m	46%	28%

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 15m · leaves 05:20 5%

DEN · 1h 16m · leaves 09:05 8%

RDU · 1h 02m · leaves 07:05 9%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 07m · leaves 17:13 35%

DEN · 53m · leaves 16:51 39%

ATL · 52m · leaves 14:24 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.


Southwest WN 3063 MSP 19:00 → DEN United UA 1745 DEN 23:59 → EWR Connection details →	3h 49m	9h 40m	96%	87%
Southwest WN 2973 MSP 07:45 → STL United UA 3573 STL 12:23 → EWR Connection details →	3h 08m	7h 15m	100%	82%
Delta DL 2783 MSP 07:05 → RDU United UA 3443 RDU 12:40 → EWR Connection details →	2h 07m	6h 27m	95%	81%

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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