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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and 37% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	CHA	1h 58m	66%	6.0%	300	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	1h 57m Chicago	ORD 10:25 → CHA 13:16UA 4543 · flown by GoJet	6h 01m	100%	86%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:55 → ATL 08:50WN 4969	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 11:33 → CHA 12:23DL 1737	5h 28m	97%	86%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 07:27 → CHA 08:54AA 6050 · flown by Piedmont	3h 54m	95%	86%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	1h 18m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:40 → CHA 11:47AA 3451 · flown by Envoy	6h 47m	97%	84%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 08:20 → ATL 10:27AA 3976 · flown by Envoy	2h 47m Atlanta	ATL 13:14 → CHA 14:05DL 3141	5h 45m	95%	81%
American Details →	DCA 15:20 → CLT 17:13AA 840	3h 11m Charlotte	CLT 20:24 → CHA 21:52AA 5787 · flown by Piedmont	6h 32m	100%	79%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 28m Charlotte	CLT 11:25 → CHA 12:54AA 6127 · flown by Piedmont	6h 36m	97%	76%
Delta Details →	DCA 09:00 → ATL 10:52DL 455	3h 34m Atlanta	ATL 14:26 → CHA 15:20DL 3057	6h 20m	98%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 17:50 → CLT 19:37AA 2182	47m Charlotte	CLT 20:24 → CHA 21:52AA 5787 · flown by Piedmont	4h 02m	63%	48%
Delta Details →	DCA 17:29 → DTW 19:15DL 1454	55m Detroit	DTW 20:10 → CHA 22:02DL 4894 · flown by Endeavor	4h 33m	58%	44%
United Details →	DCA 15:30 → ORD 16:52UA 1325	58m Chicago	ORD 17:50 → CHA 20:49UA 4507 · flown by GoJet	5h 19m	63%	36%

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 18m · leaves 05:00 3%

CLT · 1h 01m · leaves 05:00 5%

DTW · 1h 11m · leaves 09:39 12%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 47m · leaves 17:50 37%

DTW · 55m · leaves 17:29 42%

LGA · 50m · leaves 17:40 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.

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