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)


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, one ticket

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.


American Details →	EWR 06:00 → CLT 08:01AA 2505	3h 10m Charlotte	CLT 11:11 → CAE 12:20AA 5994 · flown by Piedmont	6h 20m	98%	88%
American Details →	EWR 05:00 → CLT 06:57AA 1113	2h 38m Charlotte	CLT 09:35 → CAE 10:44AA 6042 · flown by Piedmont	5h 44m	98%	86%
Delta Details →	EWR 06:00 → ATL 08:24DL 2353	1h 41m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → CAE 11:14DL 5091 · flown by Endeavor	5h 16m	93%	84%
Delta Details →	EWR 07:05 → ATL 09:22DL 1673	2h 38m Atlanta	ATL 12:00 → CAE 13:02DL 2944	5h 57m	98%	83%
Delta Details →	EWR 08:30 → ATL 10:52DL 2365	3h 13m Atlanta	ATL 14:05 → CAE 15:09DL 3193	6h 39m	97%	77%
American Details →	EWR 07:30 → CLT 09:35AA 1575	3h 27m Charlotte	CLT 13:02 → CAE 14:07AA 6047 · flown by Piedmont	6h 37m	98%	77%
Delta Details →	EWR 16:29 → ATL 19:00DL 2322	3h 41m Atlanta	ATL 22:41 → CAE 23:46DL 3029	7h 17m	98%	75%
United Details →	EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366	53m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → CAE 09:56UA 4818 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 56m	93%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	EWR 11:25 → ORD 13:08UA 1875	47m Chicago	ORD 13:55 → CAE 17:05UA 4523 · flown by GoJet	5h 40m	58%	42%
United Details →	EWR 15:08 → IAD 16:32UA 1992	49m Dulles	IAD 17:21 → CAE 19:09UA 4364 · flown by CommuteAir	4h 01m	53%	42%
American Details →	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.


United UA 1012 EWR 06:00 → ATL Delta DL 2944 ATL 12:00 → CAE Connection details →	3h 37m	7h 02m	100%	86%
United UA 3517 EWR 07:25 → CLT American AA 5994 CLT 11:11 → CAE Connection details →	1h 40m	4h 55m	93%	80%
United UA 2669 EWR 08:45 → ATL Delta DL 3193 ATL 14:05 → CAE Connection details →	2h 57m	6h 24m	97%	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