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Any day
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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United ORD FCA 3h 57m 78% 2.5% 285 Flying now
American ORD FCA 3h 46m 72% 0.4% 247 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kalispell on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kalispell is 1 h behind Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
UnitedDetails → ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666 58m Denver DEN 07:40 → FCA 10:01UA 5476 · flown by SkyWest 6h 01m 97% 89%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 10:05 → SLC 12:35AA 2616 3h 06m Salt Lake City SLC 15:41 → FCA 17:30DL 3798 · flown by SkyWest 8h 25m 99% 88%
AlaskaDetails → ORD 07:20 → PDX 09:45AS 413 1h 21m Portland PDX 11:06 → FCA 13:30AS 2044 · flown by Horizon 7h 10m 90% 81%
UnitedDetails → ORD 06:00 → DEN 07:42UA 2806 3h 33m Denver DEN 11:15 → FCA 13:30UA 1547 8h 30m 100% 81%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 07:00 → SEA 09:40UA 341 3h 53m Seattle SEA 13:33 → FCA 15:54AS 2105 · flown by Horizon 9h 54m 100% 80%
DeltaDetails → ORD 15:55 → MSP 17:40DL 1533 4h 00m Minneapolis MSP 21:40 → FCA 23:38DL 1602 8h 43m 97% 80%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → ORD 07:00 → MSP 08:41UA 2232 3h 54m Minneapolis MSP 12:35 → FCA 14:33DL 2575 8h 33m 100% 79%
UnitedDetails → ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581 1h 08m Denver DEN 13:53 → FCA 16:11UA 2246 6h 17m 97% 76%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → ORD 16:12 → DEN 18:13UA 2769 1h 17m Denver DEN 19:30 → FCA 21:47UA 696 6h 35m 68% 53%
AlaskaDetails → ORD 17:42 → SEA 20:21AS 337 1h 14m Seattle SEA 21:35 → FCA 23:59AS 2121 · flown by Horizon 7h 17m 61% 44%

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 · 58m · leaves 05:00 3%
DFW · 1h 20m · leaves 08:30 21%
Afternoon and evening
SEA · 1h 14m · leaves 17:42 39%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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