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 5% of the time at 12 pm and 36% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHX	MSN	3h 23m	81%	0.8%	592	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Madison on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Madison is 2 h ahead of Phoenix). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	PHX 23:52 → DCA 07:14AA 1542	3h 36m Washington	DCA 10:50 → MSN 12:13 +1AA 4523 · flown by Republic	10h 21m	100%	94%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 09:20 → MSN 10:22 +1DL 2681	8h 25m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:04 → DTW 05:46DL 1566	2h 39m Detroit	DTW 08:25 → MSN 08:50 +1DL 3671 · flown by SkyWest	7h 46m	97%	85%
United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	2h 08m Denver	DEN 11:00 → MSN 14:10UA 2368	6h 10m	98%	84%
American Details →	PHX 05:14 → ORD 11:00AA 3008	2h 14m Chicago	ORD 13:14 → MSN 14:19AA 3716 · flown by Envoy	7h 08m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	PHX 05:45 → ATL 12:27DL 918	2h 16m Atlanta	ATL 14:43 → MSN 15:50DL 2599	8h 05m	99%	79%
Delta Details →	PHX 06:50 → MSP 11:55DL 2553	1h 00m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → MSN 14:05DL 4032 · flown by SkyWest	5h 15m	95%	78%
United Details →	PHX 09:08 → DEN 12:00UA 597	1h 40m Denver	DEN 13:40 → MSN 17:04UA 4805 · flown by SkyWest	5h 56m	95%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHX 10:15 → ORD 16:12AA 2252	48m Chicago	ORD 17:00 → MSN 18:12AA 3717 · flown by Envoy	5h 57m	68%	43%
United Details →	PHX 11:12 → ORD 16:54UA 1748	51m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → MSN 18:57UA 4740 · flown by SkyWest	5h 45m	64%	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

MSP · 1h 00m · leaves 06:50 5%

EWR · 57m · leaves 23:57 15%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 48m · leaves 07:15 13%

DEN · 1h 13m · leaves 16:25 17%

ORD · 51m · leaves 11:12 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.


Southwest WN 1706 PHX 06:15 → DEN United UA 2368 DEN 11:00 → MSN Connection details →	2h 00m	5h 55m	98%	84%
Frontier F9 2608 PHX 23:30 → ATL Delta DL 2681 ATL 09:20 → MSN Connection details →	2h 51m	8h 54m	96%	81%
Southwest WN 3261 PHX 08:50 → DEN United UA 4805 DEN 13:40 → MSN Connection details →	2h 05m	6h 14m	98%	81%

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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