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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 7 am and almost half the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United EWR CAE 2h 12m 83% 1.9% 160 Flying now
Spirit EWR CAE – 80%few flights 0.0% 25 Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Columbia on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
AmericanDetails → EWR 06:00 → CLT 08:01AA 2505 3h 10m Charlotte CLT 11:11 → CAE 12:20AA 5994 · flown by Piedmont 6h 20m 98% 88%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:23UA 1012 3h 37m Atlanta ATL 12:00 → CAE 13:02DL 2944 7h 02m 100% 86%
AmericanDetails → EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113 2h 38m Charlotte CLT 09:35 → CAE 10:44AA 6042 · flown by Piedmont 5h 44m 98% 86%
DeltaDetails → EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353 1h 41m Atlanta ATL 10:05 → CAE 11:14DL 5091 · flown by Endeavor 5h 16m 93% 84%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → EWR 08:45 → ATL 11:08UA 2669 2h 57m Atlanta ATL 14:05 → CAE 15:09DL 3193 6h 24m 97% 78%
AmericanDetails → EWR 07:30 → CLT 09:35AA 1575 3h 27m Charlotte CLT 13:02 → CAE 14:07AA 6047 · flown by Piedmont 6h 37m 98% 77%
DeltaDetails → EWR 16:29 → ATL 19:00DL 2322 3h 41m Atlanta ATL 22:41 → CAE 23:46DL 3029 7h 17m 98% 75%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails → EWR 09:20 → ORD 11:04UA 2290 2h 30m Chicago ORD 13:34 → CAE 16:43AA 4183 · flown by Envoy 7h 23m 95% 74%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → EWR 11:25 → ORD 13:08UA 1875 47m Chicago ORD 13:55 → CAE 17:05UA 4523 · flown by GoJet 5h 40m 58% 42%
UnitedDetails → EWR 15:08 → IAD 16:32UA 1992 49m Dulles IAD 17:21 → CAE 19:09UA 4364 · flown by CommuteAir 4h 01m 53% 42%
AmericanDetails → EWR 17:21 → ORD 19:23AA 1936 51m Chicago ORD 20:14 → CAE 23:19AA 4275 · flown by Envoy 6h 03m 59% 39%

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
DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 05:51 4%
IAD · 53m · leaves 06:00 7%
ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 08:30 11%
Afternoon and evening
ORD · 51m · leaves 17:21 41%
ATL · 55m · leaves 18:59 45%
IAD · 49m · leaves 15:08 47%

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