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 75-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 12 pm and 16% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops


American	CLT	CLE	1h 39m	75%	2.0%	1,718	Flying now
Frontier	CLT	CLE	1h 48m	76%	2.8%	72	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	CLT 07:35 → MDW 08:40WN 3048	3h 35m Chicago	MDW 12:15 → CLE 14:25WN 1813	6h 50m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:59 → ATL 08:13DL 2275	3h 39m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	6h 39m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	CLT 09:42 → ATL 11:01DL 3174	2h 35m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	5h 41m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	CLT 05:30 → ATL 06:42DL 3186	3h 01m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	6h 03m	99%	83%
Southwest Details →	CLT 06:35 → BNA 07:00WN 1167	3h 05m Nashville	BNA 10:05 → CLE 12:35WN 4571	6h 00m	98%	83%
American Details →	CLT 07:46 → ORD 09:02AA 2843	2h 28m Chicago	ORD 11:30 → CLE 14:02AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	6h 16m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:20 → MSP 08:02DL 2491	1h 58m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	6h 32m	97%	82%
Delta Details →	CLT 09:40 → BOS 12:08DL 5626 · flown by Republic	2h 46m Boston	BOS 14:54 → CLE 17:06DL 5641 · flown by Republic	7h 26m	97%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	CLT 16:56 → ATL 18:15DL 3032	1h 20m Atlanta	ATL 19:35 → CLE 21:26DL 1339	4h 29m	74%	56%
American Details →	CLT 11:45 → JFK 13:47AA 2812	48m New York	JFK 14:35 → CLE 16:34AA 4389 · flown by Republic	4h 49m	62%	47%
American Details →	CLT 15:25 → ORD 16:46AA 2907	53m Chicago	ORD 17:39 → CLE 20:14AA 3466 · flown by Envoy	4h 47m	44%	28%

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

DTW · 1h 16m · leaves 09:42 5%

PHL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:45 6%

JFK · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 10%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 1h 18m · leaves 17:05 37%

BWI · 1h 10m · leaves 19:50 41%

ORD · 53m · leaves 15:25 56%

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.


American AA 2084 CLT 07:28 → MCO United UA 486 MCO 11:35 → CLE Connection details →	2h 22m	6h 38m	94%	86%
American AA 5039 CLT 09:10 → ATL Delta DL 2545 ATL 13:36 → CLE Connection details →	2h 55m	6h 13m	99%	84%
American AA 1865 CLT 07:15 → FLL United UA 2067 FLL 11:20 → CLE Connection details →	2h 04m	6h 50m	94%	84%

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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