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 7% of the time at 9 am and barely half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	MSP	SEA	3h 50m	82%	0.9%	1,743	Flying now
Alaska	MSP	SEA	3h 55m	82%	1.2%	942	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Alaska Details →	MSP 07:40 → ANC 10:37AS 1541	1h 38m Anchorage	ANC 12:15 → SEA 16:49AS 363	11h 09m	100%	93%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:20 → PHX 08:38DL 1047	3h 27m Phoenix	PHX 12:05 → SEA 15:18DL 2419	9h 58m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	MSP 18:13 → SLC 20:07DL 2607	2h 38m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → SEA 23:59DL 2998	7h 46m	98%	90%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → AUS 09:50DL 3950 · flown by SkyWest	1h 29m Austin	AUS 11:19 → SEA 13:54DL 1684	8h 54m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	MSP 11:00 → PDX 12:40DL 2167	2h 46m Portland	PDX 15:26 → SEA 16:40DL 4062 · flown by SkyWest	7h 41m	100%	88%
United Details →	MSP 05:45 → DEN 06:53UA 2041	1h 08m Denver	DEN 08:01 → SEA 10:00UA 2271	6h 15m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:06 → LAX 09:01DL 2110	2h 58m Los Angeles	LAX 11:59 → SEA 14:54DL 1045	9h 48m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:05 → LAS 08:27DL 2261	2h 32m Las Vegas	LAS 10:59 → SEA 13:51DL 2922	8h 46m	99%	87%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 09:17 → LAX 11:10DL 2102	49m Los Angeles	LAX 11:59 → SEA 14:54DL 1045	7h 37m	72%	62%
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	53m Denver	DEN 19:10 → SEA 21:10UA 360	6h 19m	61%	42%
Southwest Details →	MSP 19:00 → DEN 20:10WN 3063	1h 00m Denver	DEN 21:10 → SEA 23:10WN 3856	6h 05m	34%	10%

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 08m · leaves 05:45 3%

ATL · 1h 04m · leaves 05:20 7%

ANC · 53m · leaves 07:40 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 53m · leaves 15:20 54%

DFW · 51m · leaves 19:15 56%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 19:00 66%

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 2114 MSP 15:45 → LAX Alaska AS 495 LAX 21:12 → SEA Connection details →	3h 35m	10h 14m	100%	91%
American AA 3143 MSP 07:41 → PHX Delta DL 2419 PHX 12:05 → SEA Connection details →	3h 05m	9h 37m	96%	89%
Delta DL 2110 MSP 07:06 → LAX United UA 325 LAX 11:43 → SEA Connection details →	2h 42m	9h 30m	99%	88%

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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