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 6 am and 1 time in 4 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SAT	MSP	2h 53m	86%	1.2%	893	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	SAT 05:45 → DEN 07:00WN 3565	50m Denver	DEN 07:50 → MSP 10:55WN 3420	5h 10m	96%	93%
United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	1h 23m Houston	IAH 08:00 → MSP 10:53UA 2469	5h 23m	96%	89%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SAT 05:00 → MCO 08:45WN 4608	2h 32m Orlando	MCO 11:17 → MSP 13:46DL 1730	8h 46m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:30 → SLC 08:24DL 2592	2h 46m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	8h 14m	98%	88%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SAT 08:41 → PHX 09:16AA 3906 · flown by Envoy	2h 35m Phoenix	PHX 11:51 → MSP 16:56DL 2208	8h 15m	96%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SAT 05:25 → DEN 06:38WN 1471	3h 02m Denver	DEN 09:40 → MSP 12:40UA 397	7h 15m	100%	87%
American Details →	SAT 06:24 → ORD 09:29AA 632	2h 16m Chicago	ORD 11:45 → MSP 13:27AA 3719 · flown by Envoy	7h 03m	97%	86%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SAT 06:45 → PHX 07:05WN 4123	2h 38m Phoenix	PHX 09:43 → MSP 14:45DL 1047	8h 00m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SAT 13:39 → DEN 14:55UA 1007	47m Denver	DEN 15:42 → MSP 18:46UA 2470	5h 07m	70%	53%
Delta Details →	SAT 12:05 → ATL 15:38DL 1121	53m Atlanta	ATL 16:31 → MSP 18:09DL 2654	6h 04m	70%	49%
American Details →	SAT 14:10 → PHL 18:55AA 2489	55m Philadelphia	PHL 19:50 → MSP 22:02AA 5460 · flown by PSA	7h 52m	59%	36%

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 17m · leaves 07:40 5%

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 06:01 8%

DFW · 59m · leaves 05:01 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 16:25 33%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 15:45 40%

PHL · 55m · leaves 14:10 41%

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