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 37% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	DCA	CLE	1h 34m	68%	6.8%	1,610	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	DCA 06:30 → ORD 07:46UA 1793	1h 19m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	5h 11m	97%	90%
Southwest Details →	DCA 09:25 → MDW 10:20WN 1444	1h 55m Chicago	MDW 12:15 → CLE 14:25WN 1813	5h 00m	100%	85%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	1h 55m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	5h 33m	98%	84%
Delta Details →	DCA 10:00 → BOS 11:43DL 5611 · flown by Republic	3h 11m Boston	BOS 14:54 → CLE 17:06DL 5641 · flown by Republic	7h 06m	98%	83%
United Details →	DCA 06:00 → EWR 07:19UA 4167 · flown by GoJet	2h 06m Newark	EWR 09:25 → CLE 11:09UA 3503 · flown by Republic	5h 09m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	DCA 08:00 → ATL 09:52DL 343	3h 44m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	7h 23m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:59 → ATL 08:51DL 330	3h 01m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	6h 39m	99%	83%
United Details →	DCA 07:15 → ORD 08:28UA 2638	2h 01m Chicago	ORD 10:29 → CLE 12:58UA 2389	5h 43m	100%	82%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 17:50 → CLT 19:37AA 2182	1h 03m Charlotte	CLT 20:40 → CLE 22:15AA 3146	4h 27m	73%	45%
Delta Details →	DCA 17:29 → DTW 19:15DL 1454	1h 00m Detroit	DTW 20:15 → CLE 21:17DL 4071 · flown by SkyWest	3h 48m	64%	44%
United Details →	DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193	48m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → CLE 23:49UA 457	4h 39m	38%	19%

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 · 1h 19m · leaves 06:30 3%

EWR · 1h 11m · leaves 06:00 5%

DTW · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 1h 00m · leaves 17:29 36%

STL · 55m · leaves 18:40 56%

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.


American AA 592 DCA 06:30 → MCO United UA 486 MCO 11:35 → CLE Connection details →	2h 40m	7h 36m	97%	88%
Southwest WN 4969 DCA 06:55 → ATL Delta DL 775 ATL 11:52 → CLE Connection details →	3h 02m	6h 43m	100%	85%
American AA 4691 DCA 09:40 → BOS Delta DL 5641 BOS 14:54 → CLE Connection details →	3h 30m	7h 26m	98%	84%

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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