Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Newark → Columbia via Chicago: arrives on time 39%

  1. 17:21 EWR → 19:23 ORD
    AA 1936 · American · 3h 02m · 70% on time, 5.3% cancelled
  2. 51m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:14 ORD → 23:19 CAE
    AA 4275 · American, flown by Envoy · 2h 10m · 76% on time, 8.3% cancelled

Total trip 6h 03m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection59%The first flight arrived more than 6 minutes late on 41% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 51m layover.
Arrives on time39%First flight not cancelled (5.3% are) × connection made (59%) × second flight not cancelled (8.3% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip6h 03mEWR 17:21 to CAE 23:19, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.