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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	MCI	3h 12m	76%	3.6%	908	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	PHL 05:00 → DEN 07:00WN 2664	3h 00m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114	8h 45m	100%	98%
American Details →	PHL 05:00 → DFW 07:35AA 1670	2h 25m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:00 → MCI 11:44AA 3661 · flown by Envoy	7h 44m	98%	85%
United Details →	PHL 06:15 → IAH 08:44UA 584	3h 21m Houston	IAH 12:05 → MCI 14:15UA 6152 · flown by Mesa	9h 00m	100%	85%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 09:32 → ATL 11:53AA 4338 · flown by Republic	3h 31m Atlanta	ATL 15:24 → MCI 16:35DL 1660	8h 03m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → MCI 11:16DL 2908	7h 01m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	PHL 08:05 → ATL 10:12DL 1180	3h 12m Atlanta	ATL 13:24 → MCI 14:32DL 1443	7h 27m	97%	84%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 10:40 → MSP 12:38AA 5658 · flown by PSA	2h 42m Minneapolis	MSP 15:20 → MCI 16:47DL 1630	7h 08m	98%	83%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:57 → IAH 11:41AA 1927	2h 54m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MCI 16:47UA 3987 · flown by Mesa	8h 50m	97%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 16:17 → PHX 18:24AA 2927	1h 08m Phoenix	PHX 19:32 → MCI 00:13 +1AA 623	8h 56m	73%	49%
American Details →	PHL 16:22 → DFW 19:09AA 2356	1h 10m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:19 → MCI 21:57AA 2267	6h 35m	75%	40%
Southwest Details →	PHL 20:20 → BNA 21:40WN 3217	55m Nashville	BNA 22:35 → MCI 00:15 +1WN 563	4h 55m	66%	28%

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

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 06:00 4%

DFW · 1h 15m · leaves 08:20 7%

DTW · 55m · leaves 06:10 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 10m · leaves 16:22 25%

PHX · 1h 08m · leaves 16:17 27%

BNA · 55m · leaves 20:20 34%

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