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

Detroit → Cleveland via Chicago: arrives on time 41%

  1. 18:20 DTW → 18:57 ORD
    UA 5264 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 37m · 70% on time, 8.3% cancelled
  2. 1h 02m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:59 ORD → 22:29 CLE
    UA 1641 · United · 1h 30m · 64% on time, 1.0% cancelled

Total trip 4h 09m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 32 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection71%The first flight arrived more than 17 minutes late on 29% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 02m layover.
Arrives on time41%First flight not cancelled (8.3% are) × connection made (71%) × second flight not cancelled (1.0% are) and within 15 minutes (64%).
Total trip4h 09mDTW 18:20 to CLE 22:29, 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.