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 4% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 4 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SAT	MCI	1h 55m	82%	0.0%	270	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	SAT 05:25 → DEN 06:38WN 1471	3h 22m Denver	DEN 10:00 → MCI 12:45WN 3114	7h 20m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	SAT 05:25 → HOU 06:32WN 1315	58m Houston	HOU 07:30 → MCI 09:25WN 1037	4h 00m	96%	88%
Southwest Details →	SAT 09:05 → DEN 10:15WN 1577	2h 15m Denver	DEN 12:30 → MCI 15:05WN 351	6h 00m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	SAT 05:40 → DAL 06:55WN 4512	1h 40m Dallas	DAL 08:35 → MCI 10:10WN 1343	4h 30m	96%	87%
United Details →	SAT 05:40 → DEN 06:57UA 1464	1h 03m Denver	DEN 08:00 → MCI 10:50UA 5247 · flown by SkyWest	5h 10m	93%	87%
Delta Details →	SAT 07:19 → LAX 08:20DL 2534	1h 15m Los Angeles	LAX 09:35 → MCI 14:50DL 1517	7h 31m	94%	87%
United Details →	SAT 09:37 → IAH 10:44UA 2827	3h 51m Houston	IAH 14:35 → MCI 16:47UA 3987 · flown by Mesa	7h 10m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:30 → SLC 08:24DL 2592	2h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:34 → MCI 14:00DL 2882	7h 30m	98%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	1h 20m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:19 → MCI 21:57AA 2267	4h 22m	69%	36%
American Details →	SAT 14:48 → DFW 16:11AA 2609	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:15 → MCI 19:01AA 2047	4h 13m	74%	36%
Southwest Details →	SAT 18:30 → DEN 20:00WN 3568	48m Denver	DEN 20:48 → MCI 23:30WN 4758	5h 00m	41%	13%

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 20m · leaves 06:05 3%

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 05:25 4%

LAX · 1h 15m · leaves 07:19 6%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 20:23 46%

ORD · 52m · leaves 13:32 46%

DEN · 48m · leaves 18:30 59%

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.


United UA 1464 SAT 05:40 → DEN Southwest WN 3114 DEN 10:00 → MCI Connection details →	3h 03m	7h 05m	99%	96%
Southwest WN 3565 SAT 05:45 → DEN Frontier F9 4828 DEN 10:16 → MCI Connection details →	3h 16m	7h 15m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 1471 SAT 05:25 → DEN United UA 2159 DEN 09:50 → MCI Connection details →	3h 12m	7h 13m	100%	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