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

Cleveland → Dallas-Fort Worth via Chicago: arrives on time 44%

  1. 14:05 CLE → 14:41 ORD
    UA 2443 · United · 1h 36m · 68% on time, 1.3% cancelled
  2. 59m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:40 ORD → 18:22 DFW
    UA 793 · United · 2h 42m · 68% on time, 3.1% cancelled

Total trip 5h 17m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Cleveland). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection67%The first flight arrived more than 14 minutes late on 33% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 59m layover.
Arrives on time44%First flight not cancelled (1.3% are) × connection made (67%) × second flight not cancelled (3.1% are) and within 15 minutes (68%).
Total trip5h 17mCLE 14:05 to DFW 18:22, 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.