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 17% of the time at 9 am and 37% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	CID	2h 34m	77%	1.9%	362	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	2h 14m Chicago	ORD 10:00 → CID 11:19AA 3455 · flown by Envoy	5h 49m	97%	86%
Frontier Details →	DCA 07:00 → DEN 09:07F9 685	1h 57m Denver	DEN 11:04 → CID 14:06F9 4386	8h 06m	99%	81%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	2h 40m Chicago	ORD 12:40 → CID 13:58UA 4647 · flown by SkyWest	6h 33m	100%	81%
American Details →	DCA 11:35 → ORD 12:53AA 489	3h 57m Chicago	ORD 16:50 → CID 18:11AA 3458 · flown by Envoy	7h 36m	100%	77%
American Details →	DCA 10:00 → DFW 12:21AA 1618	3h 07m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:28 → CID 17:33AA 3461 · flown by Envoy	8h 33m	97%	76%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	2h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:34 → CID 11:35AA 2384	7h 35m	99%	72%
American Details →	DCA 15:20 → CLT 17:13AA 840	3h 32m Charlotte	CLT 20:45 → CID 22:03AA 1887	7h 43m	100%	71%
Delta Details →	DCA 16:00 → ATL 17:57DL 360	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 20:59 → CID 22:06DL 2626	7h 06m	95%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	DCA 07:45 → MSP 09:27DL 1493	49m Minneapolis	MSP 10:16 → CID 11:26DL 4899 · flown by Endeavor	4h 41m	73%	51%
Delta Details →	DCA 18:59 → MSP 20:49DL 2963	51m Minneapolis	MSP 21:40 → CID 22:49DL 5290 · flown by Endeavor	4h 50m	69%	48%
United Details →	DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193	48m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → CID 22:42UA 1923	4h 32m	38%	23%

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

ORD · 54m · leaves 06:30 12%

MSP · 49m · leaves 07:45 27%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 08m · leaves 17:50 25%

MSP · 51m · leaves 18:59 31%

ORD · 48m · leaves 19:10 62%

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