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

Milwaukee → Charlotte via Philadelphia: arrives on time 37%

  1. 12:52 MKE → 16:03 PHL
    AA 5018 · American, flown by PSA · 2h 11m · 67% on time, 6.9% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Philadelphia (PHL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:55 PHL → 18:58 CLT
    AA 3030 · American · 2h 03m · 72% on time, 10.7% cancelled

Total trip 5h 06m, scheduled departure to arrival (Charlotte is 1 h ahead of Milwaukee). Times are local. Both flew on 28 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection62%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 38% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time37%First flight not cancelled (6.9% are) × connection made (62%) × second flight not cancelled (10.7% are) and within 15 minutes (72%).
Total trip5h 06mMKE 12:52 to CLT 18:58, 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.