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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 87% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	CAE	EWR	2h 11m	90%	3.7%	160	Flying now
Spirit	CAE	EWR	–	67%few flights	4.0%	25	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	CAE 05:00 → CLT 06:09AA 5855 · flown by Piedmont	1h 51m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → EWR 09:59AA 1782	4h 59m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	CAE 05:35 → ATL 06:43DL 3038	3h 20m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 49m	99%	80%
United Details →	CAE 06:25 → ORD 07:52UA 4496 · flown by GoJet	2h 59m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 52m	97%	73%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CAE 06:00 → DCA 07:40AA 5603 · flown by PSA	2h 27m Washington	DCA 10:07 → EWR 11:29UA 4184 · flown by GoJet	5h 29m	93%	73%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CAE 11:10 → CLT 12:22AA 6042 · flown by Piedmont	2h 13m Charlotte	CLT 14:35 → EWR 16:40UA 3450 · flown by Republic	5h 30m	96%	72%
Delta Details →	CAE 10:10 → ATL 11:16DL 1010	1h 53m Atlanta	ATL 13:09 → EWR 15:24DL 2322	5h 14m	99%	71%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CAE 11:58 → ATL 13:10DL 5091 · flown by Endeavor	3h 15m Atlanta	ATL 16:25 → EWR 18:54UA 555	6h 56m	100%	66%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CAE 07:00 → DFW 08:50AA 4066 · flown by Envoy	1h 42m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:32 → EWR 15:07UA 2454	8h 07m	80%	65%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CAE 16:10 → CLT 17:27AA 6046 · flown by Piedmont	54m Charlotte	CLT 18:21 → EWR 20:30AA 1071	4h 20m	71%	46%
American Details →	CAE 18:03 → CLT 19:21AA 6045 · flown by Piedmont	48m Charlotte	CLT 20:09 → EWR 22:08AA 2794	4h 05m	70%	40%
Delta Details →	CAE 18:01 → ATL 19:13DL 2153	57m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → EWR 22:29DL 2527	4h 28m	60%	38%

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

ATL · 49m · leaves 10:10 6%

ORD · 48m · leaves 06:25 14%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 02m · leaves 17:41 24%

CLT · 48m · leaves 18:03 30%

ATL · 57m · leaves 18:01 40%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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