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 75-minute layover misses 4% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 3 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	ILM	DCA	1h 30m	68%	6.4%	880	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	ILM 05:06 → CLT 06:10AA 2493	1h 50m Charlotte	CLT 08:00 → DCA 09:29AA 1977	4h 27m	98%	86%
American Details →	ILM 06:00 → MIA 07:54AA 3888 · flown by Envoy	2h 04m Miami	MIA 09:58 → DCA 12:37AA 2915	6h 36m	99%	79%
Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ILM 06:50 → LGA 08:36DL 5237 · flown by Endeavor	2h 11m New York	LGA 10:47 → DCA 12:17AA 4654 · flown by Republic	5h 27m	97%	79%
Delta Details →	ILM 05:48 → ATL 07:19DL 3187	2h 01m Atlanta	ATL 09:20 → DCA 11:08DL 380	5h 19m	99%	78%
American Details →	ILM 07:02 → CLT 08:10AA 2760	3h 04m Charlotte	CLT 11:14 → DCA 12:59AA 5527 · flown by PSA	5h 56m	99%	76%
American Details →	ILM 06:11 → LGA 07:56AA 4682 · flown by Republic	1h 07m New York	LGA 09:03 → DCA 10:32AA 4393 · flown by Republic	4h 21m	92%	72%
Delta Details →	ILM 10:30 → ATL 12:06DL 376	1h 03m Atlanta	ATL 13:09 → DCA 14:59DL 360	4h 29m	98%	70%
American Details →	ILM 12:09 → ORD 13:45AA 3695 · flown by Envoy	1h 10m Chicago	ORD 14:55 → DCA 18:00AA 2769	5h 50m	93%	66%
Tight connection: often missed
JetBlue Details →	ILM 16:49 → BOS 18:53B6 1290	1h 15m Boston	BOS 20:08 → DCA 21:52B6 455	5h 03m	67%	44%
American Details →	ILM 16:35 → DFW 18:52AA 2934	1h 08m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:00 → DCA 23:59AA 2077	7h 24m	71%	41%
American Details →	ILM 18:06 → CLT 19:29AA 6116 · flown by Piedmont	1h 20m Charlotte	CLT 20:49 → DCA 22:20AA 527	4h 14m	71%	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

CLT · 1h 11m · leaves 07:02 4%

LGA · 1h 07m · leaves 06:11 8%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 18:06 29%

DFW · 1h 08m · leaves 16:35 29%

BOS · 1h 15m · leaves 16:49 33%

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