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 12% of the time at 9 am and 27% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	COU	CLT	2h 05m	87%	0.0%	71	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	COU 06:20 → ORD 08:01AA 3655 · flown by Envoy	2h 25m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	6h 30m	93%	80%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	COU 08:00 → ORD 09:40UA 5609 · flown by SkyWest	3h 37m Chicago	ORD 13:17 → CLT 16:29AA 3280	7h 29m	93%	78%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	COU 10:32 → ORD 12:04AA 3480 · flown by Envoy	2h 26m Chicago	ORD 14:30 → CLT 17:59UA 5757 · flown by SkyWest	6h 27m	92%	75%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	COU 09:14 → DEN 10:35UA 5857 · flown by SkyWest	3h 21m Denver	DEN 13:56 → CLT 19:22AA 1758	9h 08m	97%	72%
American + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	COU 11:45 → DFW 13:38AA 3478 · flown by Envoy	3h 33m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 17:11 → CLT 21:02F9 3110	8h 11m	94%	71%
American Details →	COU 06:55 → DFW 08:50AA 3525 · flown by Envoy	3h 05m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 11:55 → CLT 15:36AA 1696	7h 41m	98%	67%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	COU 15:25 → ORD 17:05UA 5869 · flown by SkyWest	3h 49m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → CLT 23:59AA 2976	7h 34m	92%	51%
American Details →	COU 17:19 → DFW 19:14AA 3481 · flown by Envoy	2h 00m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:14 → CLT 00:53 +1AA 2409	6h 34m	85%	24%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	COU 08:00 → ORD 09:40UA 5609 · flown by SkyWest	46m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	4h 50m	58%	49%
United Details →	COU 15:25 → ORD 17:05UA 5869 · flown by SkyWest	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 18:15 → CLT 21:29UA 1748	5h 04m	73%	29%

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

DFW · 1h 00m · leaves 06:55 12%

ORD · 59m · leaves 06:20 14%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 15:25 27%

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