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 5% of the time at 7 am and almost half the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	CLT	ORD	2h 24m	77%	2.9%	1,180	Flying now
American	CLT	ORD	2h 16m	73%	2.9%	3,064	Flying now
Frontier	CLT	ORD	2h 34m	66%	4.7%	148	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 1 h behind Charlotte). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	CLT 07:28 → MCO 09:13AA 2084	2h 25m Orlando	MCO 11:38 → ORD 13:45AA 2067	7h 17m	99%	90%
American Details →	CLT 07:10 → CMH 08:46AA 5144 · flown by PSA	1h 36m Columbus	CMH 10:22 → ORD 11:00AA 4953 · flown by SkyWest	4h 51m	97%	87%
Delta Details →	CLT 06:00 → DTW 07:45DL 1405	2h 30m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → ORD 10:50DL 3673 · flown by SkyWest	5h 50m	98%	87%
American Details →	CLT 07:09 → IND 08:50AA 2615	1h 45m Indianapolis	IND 10:35 → ORD 11:00AA 4443 · flown by Republic	4h 51m	97%	86%
American Details →	CLT 09:20 → ILM 10:38AA 5820 · flown by Piedmont	2h 43m Wilmington	ILM 13:21 → ORD 14:58AA 3811 · flown by Envoy	6h 38m	99%	86%
American Details →	CLT 07:28 → DTW 09:17AA 1791	1h 16m Detroit	DTW 10:33 → ORD 11:04AA 4103 · flown by Envoy	4h 40m	91%	86%
American Details →	CLT 07:16 → GSP 08:18AA 5798 · flown by Piedmont	3h 15m Greenville	GSP 11:33 → ORD 12:45AA 3556 · flown by Envoy	6h 26m	100%	86%
United Details →	CLT 06:00 → IAD 07:29UA 6279 · flown by Mesa	3h 02m Dulles	IAD 10:31 → ORD 11:53UA 1252	6h 53m	96%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	CLT 13:02 → PHL 14:50AA 2573	55m Philadelphia	PHL 15:45 → ORD 17:29AA 470	5h 27m	69%	43%
American Details →	CLT 16:44 → GSP 17:47AA 5203 · flown by PSA	56m Greenville	GSP 18:43 → ORD 20:14AA 3559 · flown by Envoy	4h 30m	52%	34%
American Details →	CLT 16:46 → ATL 18:14AA 5040 · flown by PSA	1h 29m Atlanta	ATL 19:43 → ORD 21:11AA 1372	5h 30m	59%	24%

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

AVL · 1h 19m · leaves 09:05 5%

BOS · 53m · leaves 08:55 5%

MIA · 1h 08m · leaves 05:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

GSP · 56m · leaves 16:44 48%

TPA · 49m · leaves 15:57 56%

RDU · 48m · leaves 16:33 58%

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.


Delta DL 1405 CLT 06:00 → DTW American AA 4103 DTW 10:33 → ORD Connection details →	2h 48m	6h 08m	98%	91%
American AA 1449 CLT 07:30 → BDL United UA 378 BDL 12:12 → ORD Connection details →	2h 44m	7h 27m	100%	91%
American AA 5817 CLT 07:10 → CHS United UA 592 CHS 11:31 → ORD Connection details →	3h 08m	6h 59m	100%	88%

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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