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 4% of the time at 10 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	PHL	2h 37m	82%	2.7%	1,232	Flying now
American	MSP	PHL	2h 41m	78%	5.1%	818	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Philadelphia on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Philadelphia 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	2h 30m Chicago	MDW 09:00 → PHL 11:55WN 4901	5h 55m	100%	96%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 42m Denver	DEN 09:35 → PHL 15:12UA 1575	8h 27m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 23m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → PHL 11:46DL 2331	4h 45m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 33m Atlanta	ATL 11:21 → PHL 13:24DL 2279	7h 06m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04DL 2628	1h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:20 → PHL 17:39DL 2022	8h 30m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	MSP 20:20 → SLC 22:15DL 1051	1h 44m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:59 → PHL 06:12 +1DL 2075	8h 51m	97%	79%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	2h 36m Detroit	DTW 21:35 → PHL 23:17DL 2402	6h 02m	99%	77%
United Details →	MSP 07:34 → ORD 09:18UA 567	2h 15m Chicago	ORD 11:33 → PHL 14:47UA 2182	6h 13m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MSP 17:47 → CLT 21:29AA 2151	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 22:29 → PHL 00:17 +1AA 2189	5h 30m	62%	43%
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 17:59 → PHL 21:19UA 1776	5h 03m	57%	33%
Southwest Details →	MSP 16:15 → MDW 17:45WN 2971	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 18:55 → PHL 21:50WN 4263	4h 40m	50%	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

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 07:05 4%

SLC · 1h 16m · leaves 08:10 4%

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 06:19 8%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 00m · leaves 17:47 38%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 15:16 43%

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 16:15 50%

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.


Delta DL 1062 MSP 05:20 → ATL American AA 4338 ATL 12:25 → PHL Connection details →	3h 37m	8h 16m	99%	92%
Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN United UA 1575 DEN 09:35 → PHL Connection details →	2h 40m	8h 22m	100%	88%
Southwest WN 2973 MSP 07:45 → STL American AA 2720 STL 11:16 → PHL Connection details →	2h 01m	5h 50m	94%	85%

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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