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

No clear winner: Southwest’s CLE → BWI flights land within a few points of 86% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	CLE	BWI	1h 20m	86%	1.2%	970	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	3h 48m Atlanta	ATL 11:10 → BWI 13:03DL 2711	7h 28m	98%	85%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → BWI 09:26AA 1635	4h 25m	96%	83%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	3h 15m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → BWI 13:57UA 2653	6h 57m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:30 → DTW 07:31DL 3532 · flown by SkyWest	2h 39m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → BWI 11:47DL 1546	5h 17m	93%	80%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:05 → BOS 08:09DL 5684 · flown by Republic	3h 00m Boston	BOS 11:09 → BWI 12:49DL 5668 · flown by Republic	6h 44m	99%	79%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	CLE 09:17 → RSW 11:57UA 1100	2h 08m Fort Myers	RSW 14:05 → BWI 16:30WN 4609	7h 13m	92%	77%
Frontier + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	CLE 06:00 → MCO 08:33F9 2668	2h 22m Orlando	MCO 10:55 → BWI 13:10WN 193	7h 10m	90%	75%
Delta Details →	CLE 10:26 → DTW 11:26DL 5192 · flown by Endeavor	3h 43m Detroit	DTW 15:09 → BWI 16:45DL 2480	6h 19m	94%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 14:34 → ORD 15:23AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	55m Chicago	ORD 16:18 → BWI 19:28AA 4717 · flown by Republic	4h 57m	72%	37%
United Details →	CLE 19:40 → ORD 20:20UA 1084	1h 00m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → BWI 00:28 +1UA 675	4h 48m	60%	33%
Frontier Details →	CLE 17:51 → ATL 20:06F9 4209	54m Atlanta	ATL 21:00 → BWI 23:00F9 4712	5h 09m	57%	25%

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 18m · leaves 05:01 4%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 08:05 5%

DTW · 50m · leaves 08:18 20%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 19:10 25%

ORD · 55m · leaves 14:34 28%

ATL · 54m · leaves 17:51 43%

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