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 50-minute layover misses 7% of the time at 7 am and almost half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	CLT	LGA	1h 59m	78%	5.7%	1,870	Flying now
American	CLT	LGA	1h 51m	71%	3.7%	2,776	Flying now
Frontier	CLT	LGA	2h 02m	57%	7.2%	235	Flying now
Spirit	CLT	LGA	1h 50m	80%	4.4%	297	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	CLT 06:59 → ATL 08:13DL 2275	2h 17m Atlanta	ATL 10:30 → LGA 12:44DL 371	5h 45m	100%	84%
Delta Details →	CLT 08:01 → ATL 09:16DL 3156	2h 14m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LGA 13:44DL 467	5h 43m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:00 → DTW 07:45DL 1405	2h 20m Detroit	DTW 10:05 → LGA 11:50DL 2589	5h 50m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	CLT 05:30 → ATL 06:42DL 3186	48m Atlanta	ATL 07:30 → LGA 09:42DL 323	4h 12m	93%	79%
American Details →	CLT 07:10 → RIC 08:21AA 2415	3h 01m Richmond	RIC 11:22 → LGA 12:49AA 4502 · flown by Republic	5h 39m	100%	77%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:20 → MSP 08:02DL 2491	2h 03m Minneapolis	MSP 10:05 → LGA 13:46DL 2764	7h 26m	98%	77%
American Details →	CLT 08:05 → PIT 09:30AA 2310	1h 19m Pittsburgh	PIT 10:49 → LGA 12:20AA 4483 · flown by Republic	4h 15m	95%	77%
American Details →	CLT 07:25 → GSO 08:30AA 5793 · flown by Piedmont	55m Greensboro	GSO 09:25 → LGA 11:06AA 4420 · flown by Republic	3h 41m	90%	76%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLT 13:30 → MIA 15:38AA 2912	47m Miami	MIA 16:25 → LGA 19:29AA 952	5h 59m	65%	33%
American Details →	CLT 15:25 → ORD 16:46AA 2907	1h 34m Chicago	ORD 18:20 → LGA 21:36AA 1724	6h 16m	74%	31%
American Details →	CLT 15:04 → DFW 16:58AA 1709	52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:50 → LGA 22:30AA 1329	7h 26m	73%	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

BOS · 1h 15m · leaves 08:55 4%

MIA · 1h 20m · leaves 05:15 4%

ATL · 1h 14m · leaves 08:01 5%

Afternoon and evening

MCO · 1h 06m · leaves 15:47 43%

BOS · 49m · leaves 17:35 47%

ATL · 1h 04m · leaves 16:46 53%

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 3320 CLT 07:38 → TPA Delta DL 2531 TPA 11:07 → LGA Connection details →	1h 45m	6h 15m	93%	84%
American AA 5144 CLT 07:10 → CMH Delta DL 5686 CMH 11:00 → LGA Connection details →	2h 14m	5h 39m	97%	83%
Delta DL 3186 CLT 05:30 → ATL American AA 4628 ATL 09:24 → LGA Connection details →	2h 42m	6h 19m	99%	81%

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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