Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Delta’s PVD → DTW flights land within a few points of 78% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	PVD	DTW	2h 12m	78%	2.5%	945	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Detroit on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 05:50 → IAD 07:29UA 6192 · flown by Mesa	3h 41m Dulles	IAD 11:10 → DTW 12:44DL 2884	6h 54m	98%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 05:55 → BWI 07:25WN 3401	2h 14m Baltimore	BWI 09:39 → DTW 11:07DL 2341	5h 12m	98%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 10:30 → BNA 12:00WN 3400	2h 03m Nashville	BNA 14:03 → DTW 16:46DL 1557	6h 17m	95%	82%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 06:00 → ORD 08:00UA 5786 · flown by SkyWest	2h 00m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DTW 12:32AA 3498 · flown by Envoy	6h 34m	96%	81%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 06:00 → DCA 07:39AA 3356 · flown by Envoy	2h 00m Washington	DCA 09:39 → DTW 11:14DL 1558	5h 15m	98%	81%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 08:30 → DCA 10:00WN 1426	2h 29m Washington	DCA 12:29 → DTW 14:04DL 2476	5h 34m	96%	81%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PVD 09:22 → BWI 10:48WN 3402	1h 44m Baltimore	BWI 12:32 → DTW 14:08DL 1546	4h 46m	92%	81%
Delta Details →	PVD 06:00 → ATL 08:34DL 1023	2h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 56m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PVD 14:46 → IAD 16:34UA 6159 · flown by Mesa	48m Dulles	IAD 17:22 → DTW 19:02UA 6246 · flown by Mesa	4h 16m	67%	49%
Delta Details →	PVD 14:50 → MSP 16:50DL 1224	46m Minneapolis	MSP 17:36 → DTW 20:22DL 1435	5h 32m	61%	45%
United Details →	PVD 19:40 → IAD 21:21UA 4078 · flown by Mesa	49m Dulles	IAD 22:10 → DTW 23:51UA 3995 · flown by Mesa	4h 11m	71%	41%

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

IAD · 1h 06m · leaves 05:50 4%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 07:07 19%

FLL · 51m · leaves 08:00 44%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 19:22 21%

IAD · 48m · leaves 14:46 33%

MSP · 46m · leaves 14:50 39%

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