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 6% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	SFO	MSP	3h 39m	81%	0.9%	1,445	Flying now
United	SFO	MSP	3h 51m	78%	0.0%	468	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Minneapolis on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Minneapolis is 2 h ahead of San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SFO 23:59 → IAH 06:04UA 505	1h 56m Houston	IAH 08:00 → MSP 10:53 +1UA 2469	8h 54m	96%	90%
Delta Details →	SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:42DL 1331	2h 28m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:10 → MSP 14:44DL 2924	6h 54m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	SFO 22:59 → ATL 06:40DL 495	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30 +1DL 2090	10h 31m	99%	88%
American Details →	SFO 23:08 → ORD 05:29AA 2554	2h 53m Chicago	ORD 08:22 → MSP 10:06 +1AA 4162 · flown by Envoy	9h 00m	99%	87%
United Details →	SFO 23:30 → ORD 05:57UA 368	2h 53m Chicago	ORD 08:50 → MSP 10:36 +1UA 2805	9h 06m	100%	86%
Alaska Details →	SFO 06:03 → SEA 08:13AS 620	3h 38m Seattle	SEA 11:51 → MSP 17:19AS 509	9h 16m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	SFO 05:55 → SEA 08:11DL 2721	3h 54m Seattle	SEA 12:05 → MSP 17:37DL 941	9h 41m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	SFO 07:00 → LAX 08:30DL 1598	2h 45m Los Angeles	LAX 11:15 → MSP 16:51DL 413	7h 51m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	SFO 11:39 → DTW 19:14DL 361	51m Detroit	DTW 20:05 → MSP 21:00DL 1303	7h 21m	66%	43%
United Details →	SFO 12:00 → ORD 18:35UA 2317	1h 22m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → MSP 21:41UA 2005	7h 41m	68%	36%
American Details →	SFO 14:36 → ORD 21:26AA 2550	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 22:36 → MSP 00:22 +1AA 4472 · flown by Republic	7h 46m	41%	25%

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

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 05:00 3%

SEA · 54m · leaves 05:55 6%

PHL · 1h 09m · leaves 00:59 10%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 14:36 59%

PHX · 46m · leaves 15:52 68%

DEN · 55m · leaves 14:35 93%

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 4231 SFO 05:00 → LAS Delta DL 2261 LAS 09:32 → MSP Connection details →	2h 57m	7h 40m	100%	97%
United UA 1301 SFO 10:15 → PDX Delta DL 1661 PDX 15:00 → MSP Connection details →	2h 52m	8h 12m	100%	94%
United UA 1980 SFO 06:38 → SAN Delta DL 2121 SAN 11:53 → MSP Connection details →	3h 31m	9h 02m	100%	93%

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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