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

Nonstops


American	CLE	LGA	1h 41m	77%	6.5%	1,211	Flying now
Delta	CLE	LGA	1h 42m	75%	5.5%	1,613	Flying now
Frontier	CLE	LGA	1h 35m	67%	3.9%	127	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach New York 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 08m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	7h 09m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	CLE 07:05 → ATL 08:55DL 2838	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	6h 39m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:05 → BOS 08:09DL 5684 · flown by Republic	1h 51m Boston	BOS 10:00 → LGA 11:15DL 5744 · flown by Republic	5h 10m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:30 → DTW 07:31DL 3532 · flown by SkyWest	2h 34m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → LGA 11:50DL 2589	5h 20m	93%	77%
United Details →	CLE 07:00 → ORD 07:36UA 490	2h 27m Chicago	ORD 10:03 → LGA 13:26UA 669	6h 26m	97%	77%
United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	1h 04m Dulles	IAD 08:19 → LGA 09:48UA 6116 · flown by Mesa	3h 48m	97%	77%
American Details →	CLE 08:06 → CLT 09:50AA 2021	3h 17m Charlotte	CLT 13:07 → LGA 15:05AA 2036	6h 59m	97%	76%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	2h 38m Charlotte	CLT 09:20 → LGA 11:15AA 1150	6h 14m	98%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	CLE 15:02 → IAD 16:20UA 780	55m Dulles	IAD 17:15 → LGA 18:42UA 4077 · flown by Mesa	3h 40m	72%	48%
American Details →	CLE 18:10 → ORD 19:02AA 4909 · flown by SkyWest	57m Chicago	ORD 19:59 → LGA 23:21AA 679	5h 11m	59%	29%
Delta Details →	CLE 19:59 → DTW 21:04DL 4957 · flown by Endeavor	46m Detroit	DTW 21:50 → LGA 23:41DL 2603	3h 42m	39%	26%

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 04m · leaves 06:00 3%

MSP · 1h 05m · leaves 10:48 5%

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 05:35 7%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 01m · leaves 18:05 45%

DTW · 46m · leaves 19:59 61%

DCA · 1h 00m · leaves 19:59 64%

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 4568 CLE 06:40 → BNA Delta DL 5688 BNA 09:25 → LGA Connection details →	2h 15m	6h 19m	100%	87%
Delta DL 2734 CLE 05:35 → ATL American AA 4628 ATL 09:24 → LGA Connection details →	2h 02m	6h 14m	95%	81%
United UA 5265 CLE 06:00 → ORD Delta DL 2252 ORD 09:35 → LGA Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 56m	94%	80%

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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