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 38% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	VPS	MSP	2h 54m	77%	1.7%	290	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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	VPS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3085	1h 40m Atlanta	ATL 09:55 → MSP 11:30DL 2090	5h 30m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	VPS 07:00 → ATL 09:15DL 2451	3h 06m Atlanta	ATL 12:21 → MSP 13:57DL 2901	6h 57m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	VPS 09:20 → ATL 11:34DL 3051	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 14:31 → MSP 16:09DL 2825	6h 49m	97%	81%
American Details →	VPS 07:13 → CLT 10:00AA 2185	1h 15m Charlotte	CLT 11:15 → MSP 12:54AA 2153	5h 41m	92%	76%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 06:30 → DFW 08:49AA 2560	2h 27m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:16 → MSP 13:48DL 2972	7h 18m	93%	76%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 12:47 → CLT 15:38AA 2671	3h 36m Charlotte	CLT 19:14 → MSP 21:00DL 2820	8h 15m	97%	75%
Delta Details →	VPS 17:07 → ATL 19:29DL 3083	3h 11m Atlanta	ATL 22:40 → MSP 00:17 +1DL 1310	7h 10m	98%	74%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 12:30 → STL 14:25WN 4065	3h 11m St Louis	STL 17:36 → MSP 19:15DL 3185	6h 45m	100%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	VPS 13:28 → ATL 15:45DL 3092	46m Atlanta	ATL 16:31 → MSP 18:09DL 2654	4h 41m	71%	51%
American Details →	VPS 15:33 → DFW 17:50AA 2501	1h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:51 → MSP 21:20AA 2806	5h 48m	62%	32%

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 07:13 8%

ATL · 47m · leaves 09:20 16%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 46m · leaves 13:28 29%

DFW · 1h 01m · leaves 15:33 38%

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