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 90-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 7 am and 23% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLE	EWR	1h 37m	81%	3.5%	2,197	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 14m Dulles	IAD 08:29 → EWR 09:55UA 2396	3h 55m	99%	85%
United Details →	CLE 07:30 → FLL 10:14UA 715	57m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 11:11 → EWR 14:15UA 210	6h 45m	94%	83%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	1h 18m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → EWR 09:59AA 1782	4h 58m	96%	82%
Delta Details →	CLE 05:35 → ATL 07:22DL 2734	2h 41m Atlanta	ATL 10:03 → EWR 12:24DL 2401	6h 49m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:00 → MSP 07:03DL 1357	2h 11m Minneapolis	MSP 09:14 → EWR 12:56DL 2895	6h 56m	97%	75%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	3h 15m Chicago	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	7h 17m	99%	74%
United Details →	CLE 09:00 → ORD 09:34UA 1355	2h 37m Chicago	ORD 12:11 → EWR 15:39UA 606	6h 39m	100%	74%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:30 → DTW 07:31DL 3532 · flown by SkyWest	2h 44m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → EWR 11:59DL 2577	5h 29m	93%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	CLE 19:55 → IAD 21:19UA 3433 · flown by Republic	1h 10m Dulles	IAD 22:29 → EWR 23:59UA 1997	4h 04m	74%	51%
American Details →	CLE 18:10 → ORD 19:02AA 4909 · flown by SkyWest	1h 07m Chicago	ORD 20:09 → EWR 23:30AA 2549	5h 20m	65%	24%

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 14m · leaves 06:00 1%

CLT · 1h 18m · leaves 05:01 4%

MCO · 1h 18m · leaves 08:00 5%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 15:46 20%

ORD · 1h 07m · leaves 18:10 35%

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 United UA 2394 BOS 10:58 → EWR Connection details →	2h 49m	6h 21m	97%	81%
Frontier F9 3679 CLE 06:30 → TPA United UA 2858 TPA 10:57 → EWR Connection details →	1h 55m	7h 18m	89%	75%
Delta DL 2734 CLE 05:35 → ATL United UA 1705 ATL 09:26 → EWR Connection details →	2h 04m	6h 09m	95%	73%

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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