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

Charleston → Detroit via Charlotte: arrives on time 38%

  1. 15:12 CHS → 16:30 CLT
    AA 5118 · American, flown by PSA · 1h 18m · 63% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 55m layover in Charlotte (CLT) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:25 CLT → 19:18 DTW
    AA 1794 · American · 1h 51m · 62% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 4h 04m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 52 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection62%The first flight arrived more than 10 minutes late on 38% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 55m layover.
Arrives on time38%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (62%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (62%).
Total trip4h 04mCHS 15:12 to DTW 19:18, 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.