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

Columbus → Baltimore via Chicago: arrives on time 28%

  1. 16:15 CMH → 16:30 MDW
    WN 1199 · Southwest · 1h 15m · 72% on time, 4.8% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:20 MDW → 20:15 BWI
    WN 4616 · Southwest · 1h 55m · 44% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 4h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection68%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 32% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time28%First flight not cancelled (4.8% are) × connection made (68%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (44%).
Total trip4h 00mCMH 16:15 to BWI 20:15, 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.