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 90-minute layover misses 3% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


American	MSP	PHX	3h 26m	81%	1.6%	640	Flying now
Delta	MSP	PHX	3h 22m	80%	0.7%	2,048	Flying now
Southwest	MSP	PHX	3h 30m	88%	0.4%	257	Not flying now
Frontier	MSP	PHX	3h 42m	85%	1.4%	74	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Phoenix on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Phoenix is 2 h behind Minneapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	2h 10m Chicago	MDW 08:40 → PHX 10:20WN 3016	7h 20m	100%	92%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:50 → DEN 06:55WN 1525	1h 45m Denver	DEN 08:40 → PHX 09:35WN 431	5h 45m	100%	89%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 18m Chicago	ORD 09:02 → PHX 11:03UA 2225	7h 03m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 12:29 → SLC 14:22DL 2651	3h 03m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → PHX 18:07DL 1451	7h 38m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 13:10 → LAX 15:07DL 1651	2h 34m Los Angeles	LAX 17:41 → PHX 19:15DL 4077 · flown by SkyWest	8h 05m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 18:13 → SLC 20:07DL 2607	2h 38m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → PHX 23:31DL 1496	7h 18m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:17 → LAX 11:10DL 2102	2h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 13:48 → PHX 15:21DL 3894 · flown by SkyWest	8h 06m	98%	85%
American Details →	MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894	1h 37m Charlotte	CLT 11:37 → PHX 12:56AA 588	8h 37m	96%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	1h 15m Denver	DEN 19:32 → PHX 20:32UA 1729	5h 41m	74%	56%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:05 → SEA 10:59DL 868	46m Seattle	SEA 11:45 → PHX 14:53DL 2449	7h 48m	64%	49%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:00 → DEN 20:10WN 3063	50m Denver	DEN 21:00 → PHX 22:00WN 1684	4h 55m	18%	7%

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 18m · leaves 06:00 3%

DEN · 1h 07m · leaves 05:45 3%

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 09:00 8%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 1h 15m · leaves 16:00 48%

MDW · 50m · leaves 16:15 72%

DEN · 50m · leaves 19:00 82%

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 2304 MSP 08:50 → BOI Alaska AS 3095 BOI 14:55 → PHX Connection details →	3h 57m	9h 24m	100%	96%
Delta DL 2119 MSP 11:40 → LAX United UA 5457 LAX 16:22 → PHX Connection details →	2h 48m	8h 19m	97%	94%
Delta DL 2114 MSP 15:45 → LAX United UA 5458 LAX 21:22 → PHX Connection details →	3h 45m	9h 14m	100%	92%

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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