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 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 7 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLE	IAH	3h 16m	91%	0.3%	1,027	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Houston is 1 h behind Cleveland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	CLE 08:00 → MCO 10:27UA 2636	1h 30m Orlando	MCO 11:57 → IAH 13:29UA 1493	6h 29m	96%	90%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 25m Dulles	IAD 08:40 → IAH 10:59UA 1524	5h 59m	99%	86%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	1h 00m Charlotte	CLT 07:42 → IAH 09:25AA 1930	5h 24m	94%	86%
United Details →	CLE 07:15 → EWR 08:47UA 601	3h 49m Newark	EWR 12:36 → IAH 15:34UA 2204	9h 19m	99%	85%
United Details →	CLE 09:00 → ORD 09:34UA 1355	3h 06m Chicago	ORD 12:40 → IAH 15:40UA 1448	7h 40m	100%	85%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	2h 49m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → IAH 13:23UA 2638	7h 23m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	3h 35m Atlanta	ATL 12:30 → IAH 13:38DL 1572	7h 33m	100%	84%
United Details →	CLE 07:30 → FLL 10:14UA 715	2h 56m Fort Lauderdale	FLL 13:10 → IAH 15:00UA 2162	8h 30m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 12:08 → CLT 13:47AA 1677	1h 05m Charlotte	CLT 14:52 → IAH 16:38AA 1920	5h 29m	70%	49%
United Details →	CLE 15:19 → EWR 17:00UA 1892	54m Newark	EWR 17:54 → IAH 20:55UA 2782	6h 36m	71%	46%
United Details →	CLE 18:05 → ORD 18:44UA 1673	1h 18m Chicago	ORD 20:02 → IAH 22:59UA 2813	5h 54m	74%	39%

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 00m · leaves 05:01 6%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 07:05 6%

ORD · 1h 15m · leaves 07:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 1h 08m · leaves 17:12 32%

DCA · 1h 10m · leaves 17:12 36%

DFW · 59m · leaves 19:52 46%

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.


American AA 4737 CLE 08:46 → DCA United UA 382 DCA 12:59 → IAH Connection details →	2h 50m	7h 32m	100%	90%
Frontier F9 2668 CLE 06:00 → MCO United UA 1493 MCO 11:57 → IAH Connection details →	3h 24m	8h 29m	96%	89%
Delta DL 2838 CLE 07:05 → ATL United UA 425 ATL 11:37 → IAH Connection details →	2h 42m	6h 42m	98%	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