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 2% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	CHS	DTW	2h 11m	81%	1.5%	863	Flying now
Spirit	CHS	DTW	2h 05m	94%few flights	0.0%	18	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	CHS 05:10 → ATL 06:21DL 3055	1h 04m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → DTW 09:20DL 1646	4h 10m	98%	87%
United Details →	CHS 06:50 → IAH 08:21UA 434	1h 24m Houston	IAH 09:45 → DTW 13:42UA 4064 · flown by Mesa	6h 52m	97%	87%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CHS 05:00 → CLT 06:01AA 3298	3h 41m Charlotte	CLT 09:42 → DTW 11:30DL 1639	6h 30m	99%	86%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CHS 06:30 → BNA 06:55WN 1141	3h 11m Nashville	BNA 10:06 → DTW 12:46DL 2682	6h 19m	100%	86%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CHS 07:15 → BWI 08:50WN 1090	3h 42m Baltimore	BWI 12:32 → DTW 14:08DL 1546	6h 53m	96%	84%
Delta Details →	CHS 09:41 → ATL 11:00DL 5450 · flown by Endeavor	2h 47m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	6h 01m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	CHS 06:15 → ATL 07:25DL 2124	1h 53m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	4h 57m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	CHS 07:20 → ATL 08:34DL 1664	2h 26m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	5h 36m	98%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CHS 18:17 → CLT 19:40AA 5672 · flown by PSA	1h 06m Charlotte	CLT 20:46 → DTW 22:34AA 419	4h 17m	73%	47%
American Details →	CHS 15:42 → DFW 17:39AA 1656	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:47 → DTW 22:36AA 3108	6h 54m	69%	34%
United Details →	CHS 15:08 → ORD 16:54UA 3426 · flown by Republic	51m Chicago	ORD 17:45 → DTW 20:22UA 5232 · flown by SkyWest	5h 14m	59%	29%

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 · 1h 04m · leaves 05:10 2%

IAD · 1h 18m · leaves 10:00 6%

ORD · 55m · leaves 07:30 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 15:42 31%

CLT · 55m · leaves 15:12 38%

ORD · 51m · leaves 15:08 41%

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