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 5% of the time at 7 am and 37% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLE	ORD	1h 39m	78%	2.7%	2,743	Flying now
American	CLE	ORD	1h 43m	74%	4.5%	2,133	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	CLE 06:00 → IAD 07:15UA 1252	3h 16m Dulles	IAD 10:31 → ORD 11:53UA 1252	6h 53m	100%	91%
Delta Details →	CLE 06:30 → DTW 07:31DL 3532 · flown by SkyWest	2h 44m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → ORD 10:50DL 3673 · flown by SkyWest	5h 20m	93%	83%
American Details →	CLE 05:01 → CLT 06:42AA 2632	1h 04m Charlotte	CLT 07:46 → ORD 09:02AA 2843	5h 01m	95%	81%
United Details →	CLE 06:26 → IAH 08:25UA 756	1h 10m Houston	IAH 09:35 → ORD 12:29UA 2124	7h 03m	94%	80%
United Details →	CLE 10:37 → IAD 11:53UA 445	1h 22m Dulles	IAD 13:15 → ORD 14:29UA 2331	4h 52m	96%	77%
American Details →	CLE 08:46 → DCA 10:09AA 4737 · flown by Republic	1h 26m Washington	DCA 11:35 → ORD 12:53AA 489	5h 07m	95%	77%
American Details →	CLE 08:06 → CLT 09:50AA 2021	1h 11m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	5h 13m	88%	76%
United Details →	CLE 08:55 → DEN 10:10UA 690	1h 05m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	7h 00m	93%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLE 15:03 → PHL 16:43AA 5861 · flown by Piedmont	57m Philadelphia	PHL 17:40 → ORD 19:26AA 1012	5h 23m	63%	33%
Delta Details →	CLE 17:46 → BOS 19:55DL 5641 · flown by Republic	50m Boston	BOS 20:45 → ORD 22:39DL 2804	5h 56m	63%	27%
American Details →	CLE 14:35 → DFW 16:35AA 2818	1h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:35 → ORD 20:29AA 1893	6h 55m	65%	25%

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%

CLT · 1h 04m · leaves 05:01 5%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 08:55 7%

Afternoon and evening

PHL · 57m · leaves 15:03 37%

BOS · 50m · leaves 17:46 37%

CLT · 46m · leaves 15:54 38%

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 United UA 704 BWI 10:32 → ORD Connection details →	3h 12m	6h 48m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4568 CLE 06:40 → BNA American AA 3973 BNA 09:04 → ORD Connection details →	1h 54m	5h 20m	100%	90%
Delta DL 3532 CLE 06:30 → DTW American AA 4103 DTW 10:33 → ORD Connection details →	3h 02m	5h 38m	93%	88%

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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