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

Charleston → Dallas-Fort Worth via Washington: arrives on time 33%

  1. 16:13 CHS → 18:00 DCA
    AA 5568 · American, flown by PSA · 1h 47m · 60% on time, 2.3% cancelled
  2. 58m layover in Washington (DCA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:58 DCA → 21:29 DFW
    AA 1158 · American · 3h 26m · 61% on time, 8.3% cancelled

Total trip 6h 11m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Charleston). Times are local. Both flew on 29 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection60%The first flight arrived more than 13 minutes late on 40% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 58m layover.
Arrives on time33%First flight not cancelled (2.3% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (8.3% are) and within 15 minutes (61%).
Total trip6h 11mCHS 16:13 to DFW 21:29, 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.