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 80-minute layover misses 2% of the time at 7 am and 23% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	CLT	MKE	2h 11m	76%	1.5%	959	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Milwaukee on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Milwaukee 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 37m Atlanta	ATL 10:50 → MKE 11:51DL 1151	5h 52m	100%	88%
Southwest Details →	CLT 07:35 → MDW 08:40WN 3048	1h 35m Chicago	MDW 10:15 → MKE 11:00WN 1702	4h 25m	98%	88%
Delta Details →	CLT 08:01 → ATL 09:16DL 3156	3h 37m Atlanta	ATL 12:53 → MKE 13:50DL 1246	6h 49m	100%	86%
Southwest Details →	CLT 07:50 → BWI 09:20WN 4695	1h 25m Baltimore	BWI 10:45 → MKE 11:50WN 1011	5h 00m	96%	85%
Delta Details →	CLT 05:30 → ATL 06:42DL 3186	1h 23m Atlanta	ATL 08:05 → MKE 09:06DL 2999	4h 36m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:00 → DTW 07:45DL 1405	50m Detroit	DTW 08:35 → MKE 08:51DL 3191	3h 51m	92%	83%
Southwest Details →	CLT 06:35 → BNA 07:00WN 1167	1h 10m Nashville	BNA 08:10 → MKE 09:45WN 585	4h 10m	90%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	3h 17m Chicago	ORD 15:36 → MKE 16:42UA 5345 · flown by SkyWest	6h 41m	100%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CLT 17:03 → DTW 18:54DL 1430	1h 06m Detroit	DTW 20:00 → MKE 20:22DL 3724 · flown by SkyWest	4h 19m	71%	44%
Delta Details →	CLT 17:05 → LGA 19:12DL 5828 · flown by Republic	1h 23m New York	LGA 20:35 → MKE 22:17DL 5780 · flown by Republic	6h 17m	66%	39%
American Details →	CLT 18:26 → ORD 19:51AA 2488	1h 29m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MKE 22:23AA 6357 · flown by SkyWest	4h 55m	73%	35%

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

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 05:45 5%

DTW · 50m · leaves 06:00 8%

PHL · 1h 19m · leaves 07:55 9%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 10m · leaves 18:00 39%

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 19:50 49%

BNA · 50m · leaves 21:15 70%

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