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 7% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	PHL	1h 08m	65%	2.7%	790	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	DCA 06:40 → CLE 08:16AA 4737 · flown by Republic	2h 36m Cleveland	CLE 10:52 → PHL 12:28AA 5847 · flown by Piedmont	5h 48m	100%	89%
American Details →	DCA 08:20 → ATL 10:27AA 3976 · flown by Envoy	1h 58m Atlanta	ATL 12:25 → PHL 14:36AA 4338 · flown by Republic	6h 16m	95%	89%
American Details →	DCA 08:30 → ACK 10:09AA 4543 · flown by Republic	2h 47m Nantucket	ACK 12:56 → PHL 14:40AA 4735 · flown by Republic	6h 10m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → BOS 07:40DL 5710 · flown by Republic	3h 10m Boston	BOS 10:50 → PHL 12:28DL 5805 · flown by Republic	6h 28m	100%	84%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	DCA 08:00 → STL 09:10WN 4853	2h 06m St Louis	STL 11:16 → PHL 14:36AA 2720	6h 35m	94%	83%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	1h 29m Charlotte	CLT 07:55 → PHL 09:41AA 3046	4h 41m	97%	83%
American Details →	DCA 06:55 → BOS 08:34AA 1605	1h 03m Boston	BOS 09:37 → PHL 11:12AA 3225	4h 17m	98%	82%
American Details →	DCA 08:20 → PBI 10:56AA 4431 · flown by Republic	1h 56m West Palm Beach	PBI 12:52 → PHL 15:40AA 2271	7h 19m	99%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 08:30 → CLT 10:13AA 1518	47m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → PHL 12:43AA 2498	4h 13m	74%	56%
American Details →	DCA 08:28 → BGR 10:29AA 5061 · flown by PSA	47m Bangor	BGR 11:16 → PHL 13:13AA 6123 · flown by Piedmont	4h 45m	54%	45%
American Details →	DCA 13:00 → ILM 14:33AA 5237 · flown by PSA	53m Wilmington	ILM 15:26 → PHL 17:10AA 6133 · flown by Piedmont	4h 12m	59%	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 03m · leaves 06:55 2%

ORD · 1h 20m · leaves 06:30 3%

ATL · 1h 07m · leaves 06:00 4%

Afternoon and evening

TYS · 49m · leaves 15:59 44%

PIT · 47m · leaves 14:59 50%

BOS · 50m · leaves 17:00 67%

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