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 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	CLT	DTW	1h 53m	87%	1.4%	1,381	Flying now
American	CLT	DTW	1h 51m	79%	1.8%	2,066	Flying now
Spirit	CLT	DTW	1h 45m	78%	2.9%	70	Not flying now
Frontier	CLT	DTW	1h 58m	76%few flights	3.3%	30	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	CLT 11:01 → MIA 13:11AA 969	1h 53m Miami	MIA 15:04 → DTW 18:27AA 3358 · flown by Envoy	7h 26m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:59 → ATL 08:13DL 2275	2h 47m Atlanta	ATL 11:00 → DTW 12:55DL 1240	5h 57m	100%	85%
United Details →	CLT 06:00 → IAD 07:29UA 6279 · flown by Mesa	1h 06m Dulles	IAD 08:35 → DTW 10:14UA 6137 · flown by Mesa	4h 14m	94%	82%
Delta Details →	CLT 05:30 → ATL 06:42DL 3186	2h 36m Atlanta	ATL 09:18 → DTW 11:10DL 1298	5h 42m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	CLT 09:42 → ATL 11:01DL 3174	2h 46m Atlanta	ATL 13:47 → DTW 15:43DL 1031	6h 00m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:20 → MSP 08:02DL 2491	58m Minneapolis	MSP 09:00 → DTW 11:43DL 1433	5h 23m	92%	80%
American Details →	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	2h 40m Chicago	ORD 14:59 → DTW 17:34AA 3980 · flown by Envoy	6h 33m	100%	78%
Delta Details →	CLT 11:12 → MSP 12:59DL 1827	3h 16m Minneapolis	MSP 16:15 → DTW 18:59DL 1476	7h 48m	98%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLT 11:39 → LGA 13:35AA 2033	1h 10m New York	LGA 14:45 → DTW 16:52AA 4630 · flown by Republic	5h 11m	70%	51%
American Details →	CLT 15:25 → ORD 16:46AA 2907	1h 21m Chicago	ORD 18:07 → DTW 20:42AA 3500 · flown by Envoy	5h 17m	64%	35%
American Details →	CLT 18:22 → DCA 20:00AA 2386	59m Washington	DCA 20:59 → DTW 22:44AA 5597 · flown by PSA	4h 21m	57%	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 06m · leaves 06:00 6%

MSP · 58m · leaves 06:20 8%

ATL · 1h 05m · leaves 06:59 10%

Afternoon and evening

LGA · 59m · leaves 17:50 39%

BOS · 54m · leaves 17:35 40%

DCA · 59m · leaves 18:22 43%

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 2395 CLT 08:59 → CMH Delta DL 5774 CMH 14:07 → DTW Connection details →	3h 42m	6h 21m	100%	88%
American AA 5144 CLT 07:10 → CMH Delta DL 5810 CMH 12:08 → DTW Connection details →	3h 22m	6h 09m	97%	88%
American AA 2154 CLT 08:25 → MSP Delta DL 1519 MSP 12:55 → DTW Connection details →	2h 51m	7h 13m	96%	87%

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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