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 8 am and 36% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	DCA	DAY	1h 41m	65%	3.4%	961	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	DCA 08:00 → ATL 09:52DL 343	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 13:35 → DAY 15:07DL 2763	7h 06m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	1h 18m Atlanta	ATL 09:06 → DAY 10:38DL 3108	4h 38m	97%	82%
American Details →	DCA 06:18 → CLT 07:57AA 1581	3h 50m Charlotte	CLT 11:47 → DAY 13:31AA 5490 · flown by PSA	7h 11m	97%	81%
United Details →	DCA 10:30 → ORD 11:48UA 2201	3h 12m Chicago	ORD 15:00 → DAY 17:30UA 5810 · flown by SkyWest	7h 00m	99%	78%
American Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	3h 10m Chicago	ORD 13:10 → DAY 15:35AA 5008 · flown by SkyWest	7h 10m	100%	77%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → DFW 07:22AA 2243	2h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:30 → DAY 13:04AA 5163 · flown by PSA	8h 04m	99%	76%
Delta Details →	DCA 12:17 → ATL 14:07DL 380	2h 10m Atlanta	ATL 16:17 → DAY 17:50DL 3088	5h 33m	96%	74%
Delta Details →	DCA 18:25 → ATL 20:30DL 850	1h 50m Atlanta	ATL 22:20 → DAY 23:51DL 3167	5h 29m	85%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 17:50 → CLT 19:37AA 2182	52m Charlotte	CLT 20:29 → DAY 22:09AA 5174 · flown by PSA	4h 19m	66%	40%
United Details →	DCA 15:30 → ORD 16:52UA 1325	59m Chicago	ORD 17:51 → DAY 20:22UA 4484 · flown by GoJet	4h 52m	64%	34%
United Details →	DCA 19:10 → ORD 20:32UA 1193	48m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → DAY 23:49UA 4589 · flown by GoJet	4h 39m	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

ATL · 1h 18m · leaves 06:00 3%

ORD · 54m · leaves 06:30 12%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 52m · leaves 17:50 34%

ORD · 48m · leaves 19:10 62%

PHL · 47m · leaves 17:18 70%

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.


United UA 1793 DCA 06:30 → ORD American AA 3786 ORD 09:35 → DAY Connection details →	1h 49m	5h 29m	93%	92%
American AA 3976 DCA 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 2763 ATL 13:35 → DAY Connection details →	3h 08m	6h 46m	95%	83%
United UA 1061 DCA 08:25 → ORD American AA 5008 ORD 13:10 → DAY Connection details →	3h 27m	7h 10m	99%	74%

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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