Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: Delta’s SYR → MSP flights land within a few points of 88% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	SYR	MSP	2h 46m	88%	1.5%	263	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 (Minneapolis is 1 h behind Syracuse). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	SYR 06:00 → ATL 08:27DL 1108	3h 54m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	8h 57m	98%	82%
American Details →	SYR 06:03 → DCA 07:34AA 4056 · flown by Envoy	2h 56m Washington	DCA 10:30 → MSP 12:20AA 3796 · flown by Envoy	7h 17m	100%	81%
JetBlue + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SYR 07:00 → BOS 08:06B6 374	3h 44m Boston	BOS 11:50 → MSP 14:02DL 1103	8h 02m	98%	80%
United Details →	SYR 06:15 → ORD 07:29UA 1008	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 08:50 → MSP 10:36UA 2805	5h 21m	97%	80%
American Details →	SYR 06:00 → PHL 07:20AA 6095 · flown by Piedmont	3h 20m Philadelphia	PHL 10:40 → MSP 12:38AA 5658 · flown by PSA	7h 38m	93%	79%
Delta Details →	SYR 09:11 → DTW 10:48DL 4123 · flown by SkyWest	1h 32m Detroit	DTW 12:20 → MSP 13:14DL 2697	5h 03m	94%	78%
Delta Details →	SYR 06:11 → DTW 07:47DL 2091	1h 13m Detroit	DTW 09:00 → MSP 09:55DL 2258	4h 44m	92%	78%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	SYR 10:47 → PHL 12:04AA 5982 · flown by Piedmont	3h 34m Philadelphia	PHL 15:38 → MSP 17:29DL 2679	7h 42m	96%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SYR 17:49 → ORD 19:05UA 1067	52m Chicago	ORD 19:57 → MSP 21:41UA 2005	4h 52m	58%	31%
American Details →	SYR 20:20 → ORD 21:49AA 6398 · flown by SkyWest	47m Chicago	ORD 22:36 → MSP 00:22 +1AA 4472 · flown by Republic	5h 02m	31%	17%

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

DTW · 1h 13m · leaves 06:11 8%

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 08:00 15%

ORD · 58m · leaves 06:00 16%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 12m · leaves 18:54 10%

DTW · 1h 06m · leaves 17:17 20%

ORD · 47m · leaves 20:20 69%

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