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 4% of the time at 8 am and 28% of the time at 9 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	MSN	2h 36m	79%	4.1%	689	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	PHL 06:00 → ORD 07:30UA 660	3h 05m Chicago	ORD 10:35 → MSN 11:49UA 5843 · flown by SkyWest	6h 49m	100%	85%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	3h 19m Charlotte	CLT 11:12 → MSN 12:37AA 5457 · flown by PSA	7h 34m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 09:20 → MSN 10:22DL 2681	6h 09m	97%	82%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:27 → BOS 09:56AA 2783	3h 12m Boston	BOS 13:08 → MSN 15:03DL 5603 · flown by Republic	7h 36m	97%	82%
American Details →	PHL 07:39 → ORD 09:08AA 3074	1h 44m Chicago	ORD 10:52 → MSN 12:02AA 3437 · flown by Envoy	5h 23m	94%	81%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 09:32 → ATL 11:53AA 4338 · flown by Republic	2h 50m Atlanta	ATL 14:43 → MSN 15:50DL 2599	7h 18m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	2h 49m Minneapolis	MSP 10:12 → MSN 11:20DL 4102 · flown by SkyWest	6h 40m	97%	79%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:05 → ORD 09:34UA 1811	3h 40m Chicago	ORD 13:14 → MSN 14:19AA 3716 · flown by Envoy	7h 17m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	PHL 18:57 → MSP 21:01DL 2594	58m Minneapolis	MSP 21:59 → MSN 23:00DL 1599	5h 05m	72%	56%
American Details →	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	1h 07m Charlotte	CLT 22:45 → MSN 23:42AA 1426	5h 24m	73%	49%
American Details →	PHL 19:25 → DCA 20:41AA 5019 · flown by PSA	1h 19m Washington	DCA 22:00 → MSN 23:19AA 5373 · flown by PSA	4h 54m	64%	21%

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%

DTW · 55m · leaves 09:46 14%

CLT · 54m · leaves 08:20 15%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 17:00 27%

MSP · 58m · leaves 18:57 28%

DCA · 1h 19m · leaves 19:25 36%

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