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 8% of the time at 10 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SAT	DTW	3h 06m	91%	0.7%	934	Flying now
Spirit	SAT	DTW	–	90%few flights	0.0%	10	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 (Detroit is 1 h ahead of San Antonio). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SAT 05:40 → DEN 06:57UA 1464	2h 38m Denver	DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:27UA 1915	7h 47m	99%	94%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:30 → SLC 08:24DL 2592	1h 21m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:45 → DTW 15:14DL 2236	7h 44m	96%	89%
United Details →	SAT 09:37 → IAH 10:44UA 2827	3h 14m Houston	IAH 13:58 → DTW 17:59UA 6131 · flown by Mesa	7h 22m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:05 → MSP 09:00DL 2717	3h 55m Minneapolis	MSP 12:55 → DTW 15:38DL 1519	8h 33m	99%	87%
United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	3h 08m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	7h 12m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	SAT 07:19 → LAX 08:20DL 2534	1h 25m Los Angeles	LAX 09:45 → DTW 17:10DL 494	8h 51m	95%	86%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:40 → ATL 10:06DL 1066	3h 41m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	8h 02m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:25 → ATL 08:53DL 1073	2h 07m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	6h 31m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SAT 17:47 → CLT 21:47AA 2496	1h 04m Charlotte	CLT 22:51 → DTW 00:41 +1AA 370	5h 54m	74%	55%
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	56m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:55 → DTW 23:40AA 690	5h 05m	55%	34%
American Details →	SAT 16:25 → DFW 17:45AA 3777 · flown by Envoy	1h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:47 → DTW 22:36AA 3108	5h 11m	66%	33%

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 15m · leaves 06:01 8%

ORD · 1h 12m · leaves 06:40 8%

BNA · 1h 00m · leaves 06:55 10%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 17:47 26%

DFW · 56m · leaves 17:35 45%

IAH · 46m · leaves 17:57 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.


Southwest WN 3565 SAT 05:45 → DEN United UA 1915 DEN 09:35 → DTW Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 42m	100%	96%
Frontier F9 3707 SAT 19:51 → DEN Delta DL 1096 DEN 00:59 → DTW Connection details →	3h 36m	8h 57m	96%	87%
Southwest WN 3559 SAT 05:10 → BWI Delta DL 1546 BWI 12:32 → DTW Connection details →	3h 02m	7h 58m	98%	86%

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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