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 8% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 5 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	CLE	CLT	1h 46m	81%	2.3%	1,718	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	CLT	1h 43m	85%	0.0%	72	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	CLE 06:40 → BNA 07:10WN 4568	3h 00m Nashville	BNA 10:10 → CLT 12:35WN 477	5h 55m	100%	88%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	2h 50m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	6h 50m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	2h 48m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26DL 3190	5h 53m	98%	83%
American Details →	CLE 10:52 → PHL 12:28AA 5847 · flown by Piedmont	3h 22m Philadelphia	PHL 15:50 → CLT 17:53AA 2573	7h 01m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	CLE 08:05 → ATL 09:55DL 349	2h 25m Atlanta	ATL 12:20 → CLT 13:35DL 2157	5h 30m	100%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:05 → BOS 08:09DL 5684 · flown by Republic	1h 56m Boston	BOS 10:05 → CLT 12:31DL 5630 · flown by Republic	6h 28m	97%	81%
American Details →	CLE 09:44 → ORD 10:30AA 6363 · flown by SkyWest	2h 47m Chicago	ORD 13:17 → CLT 16:29AA 3280	6h 45m	94%	80%
Delta Details →	CLE 10:26 → DTW 11:26DL 5192 · flown by Endeavor	2h 39m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → CLT 15:58DL 1429	5h 32m	94%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	CLE 19:55 → IAD 21:19UA 3433 · flown by Republic	1h 05m Dulles	IAD 22:24 → CLT 23:59UA 6234 · flown by Mesa	4h 04m	74%	45%
American Details →	CLE 17:12 → PHL 18:47AA 5129 · flown by PSA	48m Philadelphia	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	4h 26m	55%	34%
Southwest Details →	CLE 17:45 → BWI 19:05WN 4295	1h 00m Baltimore	BWI 20:05 → CLT 21:40WN 915	4h 00m	51%	27%

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

IAD · 1h 00m · leaves 06:00 3%

EWR · 1h 16m · leaves 07:15 3%

BWI · 55m · leaves 06:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 1h 16m · leaves 14:00 24%

PHL · 48m · leaves 17:12 45%

BWI · 1h 00m · leaves 17:45 49%

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.


Southwest WN 1153 CLE 06:00 → BWI American AA 1635 BWI 10:06 → CLT Connection details →	2h 46m	5h 39m	100%	85%
Delta DL 3532 CLE 06:30 → DTW American AA 1791 DTW 10:01 → CLT Connection details →	2h 30m	5h 26m	93%	85%
United UA 2636 CLE 08:00 → MCO American AA 2074 MCO 12:48 → CLT Connection details →	2h 21m	6h 45m	96%	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