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 6% of the time at 9 am and almost half the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


American	CLE	DCA	1h 28m	66%	7.1%	1,611	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → DCA 09:29AA 1977	4h 32m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:05 → BOS 08:09DL 5684 · flown by Republic	2h 16m Boston	BOS 10:25 → DCA 12:12DL 5592 · flown by Republic	6h 07m	99%	82%
United Details →	CLE 06:26 → IAH 08:25UA 756	1h 22m Houston	IAH 09:47 → DCA 13:57UA 2670	7h 31m	94%	82%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	2h 24m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → DCA 13:04UA 1381	6h 04m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	3h 23m Minneapolis	MSP 10:26 → DCA 13:48DL 2983	7h 49m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:30 → DTW 07:31DL 3532 · flown by SkyWest	2h 34m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → DCA 11:34DL 2476	5h 04m	93%	79%
American Details →	CLE 05:18 → LGA 06:59AA 4677 · flown by Republic	3h 48m New York	LGA 10:47 → DCA 12:17AA 4654 · flown by Republic	6h 59m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	3h 38m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DCA 12:42DL 737	7h 07m	98%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 07:09 → DFW 09:08AA 2331	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:56 → DCA 13:59AA 1624	6h 49m	70%	54%
American Details →	CLE 12:08 → CLT 13:47AA 1677	47m Charlotte	CLT 14:34 → DCA 16:13AA 2839	4h 05m	56%	35%
United Details →	CLE 18:05 → ORD 18:44UA 1673	1h 01m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → DCA 22:54UA 2160	4h 49m	55%	28%

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%

MIA · 58m · leaves 06:01 6%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 08:05 6%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 50m · leaves 17:42 26%

CLT · 1h 12m · leaves 19:31 28%

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 18:05 45%

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.


Delta DL 5684 CLE 06:05 → BOS American AA 4349 BOS 11:52 → DCA Connection details →	3h 43m	7h 39m	99%	81%
Frontier F9 2668 CLE 06:00 → MCO American AA 2088 MCO 10:40 → DCA Connection details →	2h 07m	6h 59m	89%	80%
United UA 490 CLE 07:00 → ORD American AA 4809 ORD 10:45 → DCA Connection details →	3h 09m	6h 59m	97%	77%

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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