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 37% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	RDU	2h 34m	83%	1.1%	1,230	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	2h 56m Denver	DEN 09:49 → RDU 15:16UA 2269	8h 31m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:00 → MDW 06:30WN 2520	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 07:40 → RDU 10:35WN 852	4h 35m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	2h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:14 → RDU 12:44DL 1488	6h 24m	98%	88%
Southwest Details →	MSP 05:25 → BWI 08:50WN 3658	2h 45m Baltimore	BWI 11:35 → RDU 12:45WN 4442	6h 20m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 36m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → RDU 14:29DL 2026	6h 29m	99%	86%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 28m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → RDU 11:57DL 2164	4h 56m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:28 → ATL 11:54DL 1052	2h 51m Atlanta	ATL 14:45 → RDU 16:14DL 1550	6h 46m	99%	83%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	1h 26m Chicago	ORD 09:10 → RDU 12:33UA 5326 · flown by SkyWest	5h 33m	97%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	MSP 11:32 → ORD 13:15UA 576	58m Chicago	ORD 14:13 → RDU 17:27UA 2091	4h 55m	70%	54%
Delta Details →	MSP 18:35 → ATL 22:15DL 1026	55m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → RDU 00:42 +1DL 2938	5h 07m	74%	48%
American Details →	MSP 18:02 → ORD 20:10AA 4465 · flown by Republic	46m Chicago	ORD 20:56 → RDU 23:59AA 2167	4h 57m	73%	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

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 07:05 7%

PHL · 1h 16m · leaves 05:54 7%

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 06:28 7%

Afternoon and evening

BOS · 54m · leaves 15:15 37%

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 18:00 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.


Southwest WN 1525 MSP 05:50 → DEN United UA 2269 DEN 09:49 → RDU Connection details →	2h 54m	8h 26m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 1528 MSP 07:05 → BNA American AA 4639 BNA 12:00 → RDU Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 38m	100%	88%
United UA 307 MSP 06:00 → ORD American AA 4756 ORD 09:29 → RDU Connection details →	1h 45m	5h 48m	92%	80%

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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