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 27% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	MKE	2h 25m	77%	4.6%	766	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	3h 28m Atlanta	ATL 10:50 → MKE 11:51DL 1151	7h 36m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:00 → BOS 07:30DL 5740 · flown by Republic	1h 40m Boston	BOS 09:10 → MKE 10:54DL 5614 · flown by Republic	5h 51m	97%	84%
Southwest Details →	PHL 08:00 → MDW 09:05WN 4202	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → MKE 11:00WN 1702	4h 00m	91%	82%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 07:00 → ATL 09:19AA 5037 · flown by PSA	3h 34m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → MKE 13:50DL 1246	7h 50m	97%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 10:35 → ORD 12:09AA 1041	3h 27m Chicago	ORD 15:36 → MKE 16:42UA 5345 · flown by SkyWest	7h 07m	97%	80%
Delta Details →	PHL 11:40 → MSP 13:25DL 2688	3h 33m Minneapolis	MSP 16:58 → MKE 18:19DL 4462 · flown by SkyWest	7h 39m	99%	77%
American Details →	PHL 05:00 → DFW 07:35AA 1670	1h 19m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:54 → MKE 11:17AA 2135	7h 17m	96%	76%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 10:30 → DTW 12:28AA 5530 · flown by PSA	3h 22m Detroit	DTW 15:50 → MKE 16:04DL 1343	6h 34m	100%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHL 17:00 → ORD 18:33UA 308	1h 12m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → MKE 20:56UA 4711 · flown by SkyWest	4h 56m	73%	48%
Delta Details →	PHL 17:22 → DTW 19:09DL 1391	51m Detroit	DTW 20:00 → MKE 20:22DL 3724 · flown by SkyWest	4h 00m	63%	39%
Southwest Details →	PHL 20:20 → BNA 21:40WN 3217	55m Nashville	BNA 22:35 → MKE 00:20 +1WN 4519	4h 50m	66%	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

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 05:00 4%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 06:00 4%

DTW · 54m · leaves 09:46 14%

Afternoon and evening

BNA · 55m · leaves 20:20 34%

DCA · 1h 19m · leaves 19:25 36%

DTW · 51m · leaves 17:22 37%

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