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 7% of the time at 10 am and 22% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	RSW	DTW	2h 57m	79%	1.3%	1,359	Flying now
Spirit	RSW	DTW	2h 58m	69%	5.2%	363	Not flying now
Frontier	RSW	DTW	3h 11m	49%	0.0%	80	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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 Details →	RSW 07:00 → IAH 08:33UA 2773	1h 12m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	6h 42m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	RSW 07:00 → MSP 09:30DL 2219	3h 25m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	8h 38m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	RSW 08:03 → ATL 09:52DL 1395	3h 55m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	7h 39m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	RSW 06:45 → ATL 08:33DL 1361	2h 27m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 11m	98%	83%
Southwest Details →	RSW 05:10 → MDW 07:00WN 1243	55m Chicago	MDW 07:55 → DTW 10:05WN 1775	4h 55m	96%	82%
American Details →	RSW 06:15 → ORD 08:33AA 803	1h 27m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DTW 12:32AA 3498 · flown by Envoy	6h 19m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	RSW 05:37 → ATL 07:23DL 1385	1h 55m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 35m	96%	81%
American Details →	RSW 06:22 → CLT 08:20AA 1097	2h 55m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → DTW 13:01AA 1781	6h 39m	99%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	RSW 18:55 → BWI 21:30WN 4294	1h 10m Baltimore	BWI 22:40 → DTW 00:20 +1WN 942	5h 20m	68%	41%
American Details →	RSW 11:50 → DFW 13:43AA 2428	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 14:47 → DTW 18:29AA 1786	6h 39m	72%	35%
United Details →	RSW 16:39 → ORD 19:00UA 2832	47m Chicago	ORD 19:47 → DTW 22:19UA 2426	5h 40m	45%	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

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 08:03 7%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 06m · leaves 19:41 23%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 18:34 25%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 18:55 32%

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 3471 RSW 06:00 → STL Delta DL 2868 STL 10:20 → DTW Connection details →	2h 50m	6h 55m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 4872 RSW 06:15 → MCO Delta DL 2845 MCO 09:00 → DTW Connection details →	1h 45m	5h 18m	100%	89%
Southwest WN 3466 RSW 13:20 → CMH Delta DL 3782 CMH 18:47 → DTW Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 42m	98%	88%

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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