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 6% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	MSP	SFO	4h 20m	72%	0.4%	468	Flying now
Delta	MSP	SFO	4h 10m	69%	0.8%	1,446	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	MSP 09:05 → DEN 10:21UA 1891	3h 04m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SFO 15:09UA 1812	8h 04m	99%	74%
United Details →	MSP 11:34 → DEN 12:45UA 2232	3h 02m Denver	DEN 15:47 → SFO 17:30UA 2633	7h 56m	99%	72%
United Details →	MSP 17:05 → IAD 20:43UA 3678 · flown by Republic	1h 38m Dulles	IAD 22:21 → SFO 01:15 +1UA 367	10h 10m	92%	71%
United Details →	MSP 09:47 → ORD 11:29UA 1929	3h 01m Chicago	ORD 14:30 → SFO 17:19UA 1577	9h 32m	97%	71%
Delta Details →	MSP 07:00 → ATL 10:26DL 1039	2h 30m Atlanta	ATL 12:56 → SFO 14:50DL 750	9h 54m	98%	71%
United Details →	MSP 12:05 → IAH 15:00UA 1795	1h 25m Houston	IAH 16:25 → SFO 18:30UA 382	8h 25m	95%	69%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:05 → SEA 10:59DL 868	3h 31m Seattle	SEA 14:30 → SFO 16:50DL 3707 · flown by SkyWest	9h 45m	99%	69%
Delta Details →	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	3h 28m Detroit	DTW 12:15 → SFO 14:16DL 469	10h 12m	100%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	MSP 18:55 → SEA 20:48DL 881	57m Seattle	SEA 21:45 → SFO 00:06 +1DL 2635	7h 11m	71%	50%
Delta Details →	MSP 09:17 → LAX 11:10DL 2102	50m Los Angeles	LAX 12:00 → SFO 13:26DL 2725	6h 11m	73%	48%
United Details →	MSP 16:51 → DEN 18:17UA 2272	1h 17m Denver	DEN 19:34 → SFO 21:20UA 1389	6h 29m	74%	32%

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

SEA · 55m · leaves 07:00 4%

ORD · 1h 06m · leaves 06:00 6%

ATL · 57m · leaves 05:20 8%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 17:13 39%

SEA · 46m · leaves 14:56 40%

MDW · 52m · leaves 19:08 43%

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 2437 MSP 12:17 → GEG Alaska AS 3070 GEG 16:21 → SFO Connection details →	3h 03m	8h 28m	99%	85%
Delta DL 2119 MSP 11:40 → LAX United UA 233 LAX 17:10 → SFO Connection details →	3h 36m	8h 58m	98%	81%
Delta DL 2970 MSP 10:03 → DFW United UA 454 DFW 15:21 → SFO Connection details →	2h 51m	9h 10m	98%	76%

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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