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 7% of the time at 8 am and 38% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	BWI	CLE	1h 20m	79%	1.6%	970	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	BWI 06:15 → ORD 07:30UA 709	1h 35m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	5h 26m	100%	95%
Southwest Details →	BWI 06:25 → BNA 07:20WN 874	2h 45m Nashville	BNA 10:05 → CLE 12:35WN 4571	6h 10m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	BWI 05:40 → ATL 07:31DL 2950	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	5h 53m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	BWI 08:17 → ATL 10:15DL 2562	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	7h 06m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	BWI 07:00 → ATL 08:56DL 2579	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	6h 38m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	BWI 06:19 → MSP 07:56DL 2872	2h 04m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	6h 33m	97%	83%
Southwest Details →	BWI 09:35 → MDW 10:35WN 4217	1h 40m Chicago	MDW 12:15 → CLE 14:25WN 1813	4h 50m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	BWI 10:33 → ATL 12:24DL 1592	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 15:26 → CLE 17:17DL 880	6h 44m	99%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Frontier Details →	BWI 06:35 → ATL 09:00F9 2633	56m Atlanta	ATL 09:56 → CLE 11:50F9 2410	5h 15m	72%	50%
American Details →	BWI 20:16 → CLT 21:55AA 1637	55m Charlotte	CLT 22:50 → CLE 00:29 +1AA 2260	4h 13m	57%	37%
United Details →	BWI 15:03 → IAH 17:19UA 2095	46m Houston	IAH 18:05 → CLE 21:59UA 744	6h 56m	40%	28%

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

DTW · 55m · leaves 06:08 7%

ATL · 47m · leaves 07:00 22%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 17:32 38%

CLT · 55m · leaves 20:16 43%

IAH · 46m · leaves 15:03 60%

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.


American AA 3889 BWI 06:03 → ORD United UA 3422 ORD 09:05 → CLE Connection details →	1h 35m	5h 38m	93%	88%
Southwest WN 4689 BWI 06:20 → ATL Delta DL 775 ATL 11:52 → CLE Connection details →	3h 37m	7h 18m	100%	85%
Southwest WN 3931 BWI 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 2545 ATL 13:36 → CLE Connection details →	3h 16m	7h 03m	98%	85%

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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