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 9 am and 37% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Southwest	DCA	PVD	1h 25m	77%	1.9%	670	Flying now
American	DCA	PVD	1h 31m	73%	5.3%	1,753	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Providence 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	2h 17m Chicago	ORD 10:45 → PVD 14:25UA 4703 · flown by SkyWest	7h 10m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → MSP 07:39DL 1193	2h 31m Minneapolis	MSP 10:10 → PVD 13:53DL 1224	7h 53m	97%	85%
American Details →	DCA 05:00 → CLT 06:26AA 365	2h 29m Charlotte	CLT 08:55 → PVD 10:57AA 2336	5h 57m	99%	83%
American Details →	DCA 08:25 → ORD 10:00AA 4360 · flown by Republic	3h 40m Chicago	ORD 13:40 → PVD 17:11AA 3771 · flown by Envoy	8h 45m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → ATL 07:48DL 410	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 10:00 → PVD 12:32DL 2147	6h 32m	99%	78%
Delta Details →	DCA 09:00 → ATL 10:52DL 455	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 14:02 → PVD 16:31DL 2314	7h 31m	98%	77%
Delta Details →	DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:30DL 2869	2h 40m Detroit	DTW 10:10 → PVD 12:10DL 3961 · flown by SkyWest	6h 10m	98%	76%
Delta Details →	DCA 12:17 → ATL 14:07DL 380	3h 33m Atlanta	ATL 17:40 → PVD 20:11DL 2659	7h 54m	98%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	DCA 12:54 → CLT 14:34AA 5022 · flown by PSA	1h 46m Charlotte	CLT 16:20 → PVD 18:30AA 2338	5h 36m	74%	56%
JetBlue Details →	DCA 07:52 → PBI 10:22B6 2433	49m West Palm Beach	PBI 11:11 → PVD 14:08B6 388	6h 16m	70%	56%
Delta Details →	DCA 18:25 → ATL 20:30DL 850	57m Atlanta	ATL 21:27 → PVD 22:46DL 2064	5h 33m	65%	43%

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 09m · leaves 06:59 5%

ORD · 1h 02m · leaves 08:25 7%

CLT · 58m · leaves 06:18 11%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 15m · leaves 17:50 22%

ATL · 57m · leaves 18:25 35%

ORD · 58m · leaves 15:30 37%

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 3453 ORD 09:30 → PVD Connection details →	1h 44m	6h 31m	91%	85%
American AA 3976 DCA 08:20 → ATL Delta DL 2314 ATL 14:02 → PVD Connection details →	3h 35m	8h 11m	98%	79%
United UA 1061 DCA 08:25 → ORD American AA 3771 ORD 13:40 → PVD Connection details →	3h 57m	8h 45m	99%	78%

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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