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 8% of the time at 10 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	FLL	3h 36m	82%	1.5%	711	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Fort Lauderdale 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 20m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55WN 4409	5h 55m	100%	89%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:25 → BWI 08:50WN 3658	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785	5h 55m	100%	85%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 54m Denver	DEN 09:47 → FLL 15:47UA 2188	9h 02m	99%	82%
United Details →	MSP 12:05 → IAH 15:00UA 1795	1h 35m Houston	IAH 16:35 → FLL 20:22UA 277	7h 17m	97%	81%
United Details →	MSP 07:35 → IAH 10:30UA 2460	3h 50m Houston	IAH 14:20 → FLL 18:07UA 462	9h 32m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 43m Detroit	DTW 12:30 → FLL 15:35DL 1294	8h 31m	100%	80%
United Details →	MSP 12:29 → IAD 15:56UA 1951	1h 46m Dulles	IAD 17:42 → FLL 20:32UA 1379	7h 03m	98%	79%
American Details →	MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894	3h 18m Charlotte	CLT 13:18 → FLL 15:20AA 1875	8h 01m	99%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → FLL 22:15UA 2294	5h 59m	57%	36%
Southwest Details →	MSP 12:20 → MDW 13:45WN 3743	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 14:55 → FLL 18:55WN 4899	5h 35m	67%	32%
American Details →	MSP 15:11 → DFW 17:50AA 2145	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → FLL 22:52AA 2946	6h 41m	64%	30%

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

STL · 1h 00m · leaves 07:45 8%

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 06:19 8%

PHL · 1h 09m · leaves 05:54 9%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 15:16 43%

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 2188 DEN 09:47 → FLL Connection details →	2h 52m	8h 57m	100%	82%
Delta DL 2673 MSP 10:24 → IAH United UA 277 IAH 16:35 → FLL Connection details →	3h 20m	8h 58m	99%	82%
Delta DL 1827 MSP 06:55 → CLT American AA 1875 CLT 13:18 → FLL Connection details →	2h 56m	7h 25m	98%	77%

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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