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 6% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	GRR	1h 30m	80%	1.1%	1,366	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	2h 22m Detroit	DTW 18:00 → GRR 19:01DL 5800 · flown by Republic	5h 06m	98%	91%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	3h 45m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → GRR 12:05WN 2779	6h 05m	100%	90%
American Details →	MSP 06:28 → ORD 08:20AA 4803 · flown by Republic	3h 36m Chicago	ORD 11:56 → GRR 14:05AA 3553 · flown by Envoy	6h 37m	100%	88%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 06m Chicago	ORD 08:50 → GRR 11:08UA 5668 · flown by SkyWest	4h 08m	94%	86%
United Details →	MSP 07:34 → ORD 09:18UA 567	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 10:37 → GRR 12:50UA 1297	4h 16m	94%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 09:50 → GRR 11:46DL 2547	5h 26m	93%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:09 → ATL 19:46DL 1028	2h 13m Atlanta	ATL 21:59 → GRR 23:54DL 2865	6h 46m	96%	77%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	3h 56m Detroit	DTW 22:55 → GRR 23:57DL 4880 · flown by Endeavor	6h 42m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSP 17:47 → CLT 21:29AA 2151	59m Charlotte	CLT 22:28 → GRR 00:21 +1AA 3113	5h 33m	62%	38%
Southwest Details →	MSP 18:00 → BWI 21:25WN 2963	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 22:35 → GRR 00:22 +1WN 4373	5h 20m	65%	32%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:08 → MDW 20:38WN 4115	50m Chicago	MDW 21:28 → GRR 23:25WN 4113	3h 18m	53%	24%

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

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 06:00 6%

DTW · 1h 13m · leaves 09:00 6%

ATL · 1h 02m · leaves 05:20 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 59m · leaves 17:47 38%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 15:16 39%

MDW · 50m · leaves 19:08 47%

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 4346 MSP 11:35 → DEN Frontier F9 1248 DEN 15:08 → GRR Connection details →	2h 33m	7h 07m	100%	89%
Delta DL 1544 MSP 07:00 → ORD American AA 3553 ORD 11:56 → GRR Connection details →	3h 21m	6h 05m	97%	87%
American AA 4803 MSP 06:28 → ORD United UA 1297 ORD 10:37 → GRR Connection details →	2h 17m	5h 22m	95%	82%

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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