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 70-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and 38% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	MCI	1h 37m	78%	1.1%	1,596	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	1h 30m Chicago	MDW 08:00 → MCI 09:30WN 2808	4h 30m	100%	100%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	3h 05m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114	6h 55m	100%	98%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	1h 07m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MCI 10:50UA 5247 · flown by SkyWest	5h 05m	97%	91%
United Details →	MSP 09:05 → DEN 10:21UA 1891	3h 19m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MCI 16:22UA 586	7h 17m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 58m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 32m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 38m Detroit	DTW 12:25 → MCI 13:24DL 2741	7h 21m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:28 → ATL 11:54DL 1052	3h 30m Atlanta	ATL 15:24 → MCI 16:35DL 1660	8h 07m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	1h 17m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	5h 56m	95%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 15:45 → LAX 17:37DL 2114	48m Los Angeles	LAX 18:25 → MCI 23:41DL 2243	7h 59m	73%	60%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	51m Detroit	DTW 19:50 → MCI 20:51DL 1321	4h 36m	74%	53%
United Details →	MSP 18:23 → DEN 19:45UA 467	55m Denver	DEN 20:40 → MCI 23:25UA 1596	5h 02m	55%	37%

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

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 3%

ATL · 1h 17m · leaves 05:20 5%

DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 06:02 9%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 05m · leaves 17:13 38%

DEN · 55m · leaves 18:23 45%

DFW · 54m · leaves 19:15 52%

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.


United UA 2041 MSP 05:45 → DEN Southwest WN 3114 DEN 10:00 → MCI Connection details →	3h 07m	7h 00m	98%	95%
Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN Frontier F9 4828 DEN 10:16 → MCI Connection details →	3h 21m	7h 10m	100%	90%
Delta DL 2849 MSP 08:55 → DEN United UA 586 DEN 13:40 → MCI Connection details →	3h 35m	7h 27m	99%	86%

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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