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

Phoenix → Cleveland via Chicago: arrives on time 42%

  1. 11:12 PHX → 16:54 ORD
    UA 1748 · United · 3h 42m · 78% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:50 ORD → 20:18 CLE
    UA 2652 · United · 1h 28m · 58% on time, 1.3% cancelled

Total trip 6h 06m, scheduled departure to arrival (Cleveland is 3 h ahead of Phoenix). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time42%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (1.3% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip6h 06mPHX 11:12 to CLE 20:18, 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.