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

Charlotte → Birmingham via Philadelphia: arrives on time 41%

  1. 13:02 CLT → 14:50 PHL
    AA 2573 · American · 1h 48m · 76% on time, 1.5% cancelled
  2. 51m layover in Philadelphia (PHL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:41 PHL → 17:17 BHM
    AA 5064 · American, flown by PSA · 2h 36m · 65% on time, 4.2% cancelled

Total trip 5h 15m, scheduled departure to arrival (Birmingham is 1 h behind Charlotte). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection66%The first flight arrived more than 6 minutes late on 34% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 51m layover.
Arrives on time41%First flight not cancelled (1.5% are) × connection made (66%) × second flight not cancelled (4.2% are) and within 15 minutes (65%).
Total trip5h 15mCLT 13:02 to BHM 17:17, 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.