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 8% of the time at 9 am and 1 time in 5 at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	CLT	DAL	2h 50m	82%	1.6%	377	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	CLT 06:59 → ATL 08:13DL 2275	2h 02m Atlanta	ATL 10:15 → DAL 11:24DL 1115	5h 25m	100%	90%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 09:10 → ATL 10:41AA 5039 · flown by PSA	3h 18m Atlanta	ATL 13:59 → DAL 15:03DL 512	7h 02m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	CLT 05:30 → ATL 06:42DL 3186	1h 30m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → DAL 09:24DL 441	4h 56m	98%	82%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 09:05 → BNA 09:49AA 5083 · flown by PSA	2h 31m Nashville	BNA 12:20 → DAL 14:15WN 5046	6h 10m	96%	79%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 07:05 → SAT 09:02AA 2487	2h 43m San Antonio	SAT 11:45 → DAL 12:55WN 4195	6h 50m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	CLT 12:19 → ATL 13:41DL 3190	2h 57m Atlanta	ATL 16:38 → DAL 17:55DL 2780	6h 36m	99%	75%
Delta Details →	CLT 16:56 → ATL 18:15DL 3032	3h 00m Atlanta	ATL 21:15 → DAL 22:34DL 1104	6h 38m	92%	74%
Southwest Details →	CLT 07:35 → MDW 08:40WN 3048	1h 20m Chicago	MDW 10:00 → DAL 12:15WN 1487	5h 40m	98%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	CLT 16:40 → STL 17:50WN 1173	52m St Louis	STL 18:42 → DAL 20:22WN 3597	4h 42m	45%	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

MDW · 1h 20m · leaves 07:35 2%

ATL · 59m · leaves 08:01 8%

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 06:35 12%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 59m · leaves 14:20 21%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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