Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 5% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 4 at 9 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	BWI	ALB	1h 20m	83%	1.7%	1,760	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Albany on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	BWI 06:08 → DTW 07:40DL 2601	2h 25m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → ALB 11:47DL 5522 · flown by Endeavor	5h 38m	98%	85%
American Details →	BWI 05:02 → CLT 06:26AA 1708	2h 29m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → ALB 10:52AA 1352	5h 50m	99%	85%
United Details →	BWI 08:16 → ORD 09:30UA 2749	2h 38m Chicago	ORD 12:08 → ALB 15:17UA 1554	7h 01m	100%	81%
Delta Details →	BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950	1h 39m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → ALB 11:31DL 1137	5h 51m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	BWI 09:39 → DTW 11:07DL 2341	3h 34m Detroit	DTW 14:41 → ALB 16:22DL 3785 · flown by SkyWest	6h 43m	97%	77%
American Details →	BWI 05:44 → ORD 07:12AA 4659 · flown by Republic	2h 19m Chicago	ORD 09:31 → ALB 12:48AA 5004 · flown by SkyWest	7h 04m	98%	76%
United Details →	BWI 10:32 → ORD 11:48UA 704	2h 42m Chicago	ORD 14:30 → ALB 17:53UA 5451 · flown by SkyWest	7h 21m	100%	76%
American Details →	BWI 06:03 → ORD 07:30AA 3889 · flown by Envoy	2h 15m Chicago	ORD 09:45 → ALB 12:57AA 4256 · flown by Envoy	6h 54m	96%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	BWI 18:24 → ATL 20:34DL 1267	1h 02m Atlanta	ATL 21:36 → ALB 23:59DL 2584	5h 35m	75%	55%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 06:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 18m · leaves 16:28 21%

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 13:55 25%

ATL · 1h 02m · leaves 18:24 25%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


United UA 709 BWI 06:15 → ORD American AA 5004 ORD 09:31 → ALB Connection details →	2h 01m	6h 33m	97%	78%
Frontier F9 3081 BWI 09:56 → DTW Delta DL 3785 DTW 14:41 → ALB Connection details →	3h 06m	6h 26m	95%	76%
American AA 3446 BWI 10:31 → ORD United UA 5451 ORD 14:30 → ALB Connection details →	2h 44m	7h 22m	97%	73%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON