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

Chicago → Charleston via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 23%

  1. 15:50 ORD → 18:28 DFW
    AA 2754 · American · 2h 36m · 63% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 49m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:17 DFW → 22:55 CHS
    AA 2559 · American · 2h 38m · 46% on time, 5.3% cancelled

Total trip 6h 05m, scheduled departure to arrival (Charleston is 1 h ahead of Chicago). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection52%The first flight arrived more than 4 minutes late on 48% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 49m layover.
Arrives on time23%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (52%) × second flight not cancelled (5.3% are) and within 15 minutes (46%).
Total trip6h 05mORD 15:50 to CHS 22:55, 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.