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 1 time in 10 at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	MEM	2h 52m	80%	2.9%	759	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	PHL 06:15 → IAH 08:44UA 584	3h 11m Houston	IAH 11:55 → MEM 13:41UA 5758 · flown by SkyWest	8h 26m	100%	85%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	1h 17m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00AA 2110	5h 00m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 12:15 → MEM 12:35DL 2778	7h 10m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	1h 48m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → MEM 09:27DL 2071	5h 15m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:10 → DTW 07:50DL 1540	55m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41DL 3137	4h 34m	90%	83%
American Details →	PHL 09:15 → DFW 11:58AA 388	3h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	8h 34m	100%	80%
United Details →	PHL 13:04 → IAH 15:35UA 2038	2h 30m Houston	IAH 18:05 → MEM 19:54UA 6167 · flown by Mesa	7h 50m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	1h 47m Minneapolis	MSP 09:10 → MEM 11:25DL 3989 · flown by SkyWest	6h 45m	96%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	PHL 17:22 → DTW 19:09DL 1391	56m Detroit	DTW 20:05 → MEM 21:04DL 1230	4h 42m	68%	50%
American Details →	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	1h 12m Charlotte	CLT 22:50 → MEM 23:38AA 2392	5h 04m	74%	45%
Delta Details →	PHL 17:12 → ATL 19:20DL 1692	50m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → MEM 20:36DL 2001	4h 24m	46%	31%

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

CLT · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 2%

DTW · 55m · leaves 06:10 10%

ORD · 1h 18m · leaves 08:58 12%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 50m · leaves 12:52 36%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 18:55 36%

ATL · 50m · leaves 17:12 54%

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.


Frontier F9 2551 PHL 06:30 → ATL Delta DL 2778 ATL 12:15 → MEM Connection details →	3h 10m	7h 05m	97%	81%
American AA 5658 PHL 10:40 → MSP Delta DL 4063 MSP 15:45 → MEM Connection details →	3h 07m	8h 19m	99%	75%
United UA 1811 PHL 08:05 → ORD American AA 3675 ORD 11:56 → MEM Connection details →	2h 22m	6h 42m	95%	75%

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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