Connect in the morning. The same 90-minute layover misses 1% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 4 at 6 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| JetBlue | ORD | JFK | 2h 18m | 82% | 6.5% | 602 | Flying now |
| Delta | ORD | JFK | 2h 25m | 74% | 6.0% | 1,412 | Flying now |
| United | ORD | EWR | 2h 20m | 73% | 2.6% | 4,391 | Flying now |
| Delta | ORD | LGA | 2h 19m | 72% | 6.2% | 2,765 | Flying now |
| Southwest | MDW | LGA | 2h 05m | 70% | 4.2% | 2,385 | Flying now |
| United | ORD | LGA | 2h 18m | 68% | 4.4% | 5,070 | Flying now |
| American | ORD | JFK | 2h 25m | 68% | 4.4% | 1,057 | Flying now |
| American | ORD | EWR | 2h 20m | 66% | 5.2% | 1,530 | Flying now |
| American | ORD | LGA | 2h 15m | 66% | 4.8% | 3,483 | Flying now |
| Frontier | MDW | EWR | 2h 04m | 66% | 5.6% | 71 | Not flying now |
| Frontier | ORD | JFK | 2h 24m | 60% | 4.3% | 117 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | ORD | LGA | 2h 05m | 52% | 9.4% | 299 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | ORD | EWR | 2h 09m | 46% | 15.3% | 150 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach New York on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (New York is 1 h ahead of Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 05:00 → DEN 06:42UA 2666 | 1h 21m Denver | DEN 08:03 → LGA 13:57UA 1442 | 7h 57m | 99% | 86% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 06:55 → RDU 10:08UA 5926 · flown by SkyWest | 2h 32m Raleigh/Durham | RDU 12:40 → EWR 14:32UA 3443 · flown by Republic | 6h 37m | 100% | 85% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 06:05 → BOS 09:29UA 1186 | 1h 29m Boston | BOS 10:58 → EWR 12:26UA 2394 | 5h 21m | 98% | 84% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 07:20 → CMH 09:57UA 2779 | 1h 38m Columbus | CMH 11:35 → EWR 13:28UA 3480 · flown by Republic | 5h 08m | 100% | 83% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 06:46 → XNA 08:44AA 3839 · flown by Envoy | 1h 13m Fayetteville/Springdale/ | XNA 09:57 → LGA 14:03AA 4620 · flown by Republic | 6h 17m | 94% | 83% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 05:07 → CLT 08:10AA 2842 | 2h 33m Charlotte | CLT 10:43 → EWR 12:37AA 1819 | 6h 30m | 97% | 82% |
| UnitedDetails → | ORD 07:05 → STL 08:39UA 5958 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 44m St Louis | STL 12:23 → EWR 16:00UA 3573 · flown by Republic | 7h 55m | 100% | 82% |
| DeltaDetails → | ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264 | 2h 57m Atlanta | ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467 | 7h 14m | 98% | 81% |
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| AmericanDetails → | ORD 16:05 → MIA 20:26AA 2910 | 1h 34m Miami | MIA 22:00 → EWR 00:59 +1AA 2008 | 7h 54m | 61% | 36% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 14:24 → MIA 18:39AA 3148 | 1h 08m Miami | MIA 19:47 → EWR 22:53AA 322 | 7h 31m | 59% | 26% |
| AmericanDetails → | ORD 13:25 → DFW 15:59AA 1120 | 50m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 16:49 → LGA 21:29AA 2513 | 7h 04m | 43% | 22% |
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.
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
| Southwest WN 2906 MDW 05:00 → TPA Delta DL 2531 TPA 11:07 → LGA Connection details → |
2h 42m | 7h 53m | 100% | 90% |
| Southwest WN 852 MDW 07:40 → RDU United UA 3443 RDU 12:40 → EWR Connection details → |
2h 05m | 5h 52m | 98% | 85% |
| Southwest WN 846 MDW 07:45 → PIT American AA 4568 PIT 12:13 → JFK Connection details → |
1h 58m | 5h 10m | 100% | 83% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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