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

Charlotte → Kansas City via Detroit: arrives on time 45%

  1. 17:03 CLT → 18:54 DTW
    DL 1430 · Delta · 1h 51m · 67% on time, 1.8% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:50 DTW → 20:51 MCI
    DL 1321 · Delta · 2h 01m · 73% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 4h 48m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Charlotte). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time45%First flight not cancelled (1.8% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (73%).
Total trip4h 48mCLT 17:03 to MCI 20:51, 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.