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 3% of the time at 10 am and 15% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	STL	MKE	1h 15m	83%	0.7%	685	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	STL 05:40 → MDW 06:45WN 1008	3h 30m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → MKE 11:00WN 1702	5h 20m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	STL 06:15 → BWI 09:18WN 3894	1h 27m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → MKE 11:50WN 1011	5h 35m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	STL 06:00 → ATL 08:38DL 1524	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 10:50 → MKE 11:51DL 1151	5h 51m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	STL 07:08 → ATL 09:45DL 1536	3h 08m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → MKE 13:50DL 1246	6h 42m	99%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	STL 05:40 → LGA 09:00WN 4939	2h 05m New York	LGA 11:05 → MKE 12:36DL 5723 · flown by Republic	7h 00m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	STL 08:49 → MSP 10:30DL 5325 · flown by Endeavor	3h 24m Minneapolis	MSP 13:54 → MKE 15:08DL 2006	6h 19m	99%	81%
United Details →	STL 10:20 → ORD 11:52UA 4517 · flown by GoJet	3h 44m Chicago	ORD 15:36 → MKE 16:42UA 5345 · flown by SkyWest	6h 22m	100%	81%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	STL 09:55 → DTW 12:25WN 4177	3h 25m Detroit	DTW 15:50 → MKE 16:04DL 1343	6h 09m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	STL 17:36 → MSP 19:15DL 3185	50m Minneapolis	MSP 20:05 → MKE 21:28DL 4468 · flown by SkyWest	3h 52m	65%	52%
American Details →	STL 12:39 → CLT 15:34AA 2717	53m Charlotte	CLT 16:27 → MKE 17:37AA 2846	4h 57m	63%	39%
American Details →	STL 17:13 → DFW 19:15AA 2712	1h 55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:10 → MKE 23:34AA 1234	6h 21m	56%	22%

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 05m · leaves 07:08 3%

CLT · 1h 16m · leaves 07:32 14%

ORD · 55m · leaves 09:20 32%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 50m · leaves 17:36 35%

CLT · 53m · leaves 12:39 37%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 14:05 40%

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