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 80-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 9 am and 29% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	MSP	RIC	2h 38m	72%	0.6%	517	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	1h 23m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → RIC 11:51DL 3166	4h 47m	98%	91%
United Details →	MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307	2h 51m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → RIC 13:57UA 3704 · flown by Republic	6h 57m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	MSP 05:20 → ATL 08:48DL 1062	3h 42m Atlanta	ATL 12:30 → RIC 14:05DL 1437	7h 45m	99%	87%
American Details →	MSP 06:19 → CLT 10:00AA 894	1h 05m Charlotte	CLT 11:05 → RIC 12:28AA 5199 · flown by PSA	5h 09m	92%	84%
American Details →	MSP 05:54 → PHL 09:36AA 5488 · flown by PSA	3h 36m Philadelphia	PHL 13:12 → RIC 14:35AA 5843 · flown by Piedmont	7h 41m	96%	83%
Delta Details →	MSP 08:28 → ATL 11:54DL 1052	3h 51m Atlanta	ATL 15:45 → RIC 17:26DL 3152	7h 58m	100%	82%
United Details →	MSP 07:35 → IAH 10:30UA 2460	1h 33m Houston	IAH 12:03 → RIC 16:11UA 4057 · flown by Mesa	7h 36m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	MSP 16:09 → ATL 19:46DL 1028	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → RIC 00:51 +1DL 1175	7h 44m	98%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 18:35 → ATL 22:15DL 1026	55m Atlanta	ATL 23:10 → RIC 00:53 +1DL 1263	5h 17m	74%	55%
United Details →	MSP 15:16 → ORD 16:58UA 1531	1h 12m Chicago	ORD 18:10 → RIC 21:27UA 1583	5h 11m	71%	46%
American Details →	MSP 15:11 → DFW 17:50AA 2145	1h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:55 → RIC 22:57AA 3037	6h 46m	64%	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

CLT · 1h 10m · leaves 06:19 6%

DEN · 49m · leaves 10:18 20%

Afternoon and evening

BWI · 1h 15m · leaves 18:00 25%

ATL · 55m · leaves 18:35 26%

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 15:16 29%

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 2849 MSP 08:55 → DEN Frontier F9 1582 DEN 12:26 → RIC Connection details →	2h 21m	7h 57m	97%	87%
American AA 4803 MSP 06:28 → ORD United UA 3704 ORD 10:35 → RIC Connection details →	2h 15m	6h 29m	95%	84%
Delta DL 3699 MSP 07:17 → IAD United UA 4535 IAD 13:00 → RIC Connection details →	2h 08m	5h 44m	93%	83%

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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