Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s CLT → SNA flights land within a few points of 3 in 4 on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	CLT	SNA	5h 28m	75%	1.4%	364	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Ana on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Santa Ana is 3 h behind Charlotte). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 07:07 → LAS 08:44AA 2030	2h 33m Las Vegas	LAS 11:17 → SNA 12:34F9 1699	8h 27m	100%	87%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 07:39 → DEN 09:10AA 1754	2h 10m Denver	DEN 11:20 → SNA 12:51UA 1320	8h 12m	96%	84%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 07:42 → IAH 09:25AA 1930	3h 05m Houston	IAH 12:30 → SNA 14:03UA 2780	9h 21m	97%	84%
United Details →	CLT 08:40 → DEN 10:27UA 1963	2h 58m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	9h 16m	98%	83%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 09:40 → SFO 12:19AA 2562	3h 29m San Francisco	SFO 15:48 → SNA 17:26AS 3494 · flown by SkyWest	10h 46m	100%	83%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 09:00 → SLC 11:20AA 2602	3h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 15:15 → SNA 16:11DL 1277	10h 11m	100%	82%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 14:52 → IAH 16:38AA 1920	3h 34m Houston	IAH 20:12 → SNA 21:45UA 2761	9h 53m	97%	81%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	CLT 09:20 → SEA 12:07AA 2529	2h 53m Seattle	SEA 15:00 → SNA 17:47DL 2318	11h 27m	100%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLT 18:23 → PHX 19:51AA 1073	1h 16m Phoenix	PHX 21:07 → SNA 22:26AA 2637	7h 03m	70%	56%
American Details →	CLT 18:00 → DFW 20:00AA 2409	1h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:16 → SNA 22:24AA 348	7h 24m	67%	46%
American Details →	CLT 07:50 → PHX 09:19AA 1381	56m Phoenix	PHX 10:15 → SNA 11:43AA 2655	6h 53m	73%	46%

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

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 07:41 7%

DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 07:40 8%

DEN · 53m · leaves 08:40 9%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 09m · leaves 14:35 23%

PHX · 1h 16m · leaves 18:23 30%

DFW · 1h 16m · leaves 18:00 33%

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