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 9 am and 30% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	IND	CLT	1h 46m	83%	1.6%	1,938	Flying now
Spirit	IND	CLT	1h 44m	70%few flights	0.0%	20	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest Details →	IND 06:40 → MDW 06:50WN 2133	1h 00m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → CLT 10:55WN 2749	4h 15m	93%	88%
United Details →	IND 08:00 → ORD 08:22UA 3539 · flown by Republic	2h 04m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	5h 50m	98%	86%
American Details →	IND 10:35 → ORD 11:00AA 4443 · flown by Republic	2h 17m Chicago	ORD 13:17 → CLT 16:29AA 3280	5h 54m	99%	85%
Southwest Details →	IND 07:00 → BNA 07:10WN 2111	3h 00m Nashville	BNA 10:10 → CLT 12:35WN 477	5h 35m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	IND 06:00 → ATL 07:39DL 3105	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26DL 3190	5h 28m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	IND 08:05 → ATL 09:44DL 1901	2h 36m Atlanta	ATL 12:20 → CLT 13:35DL 2157	5h 30m	99%	83%
American Details →	IND 07:11 → JFK 09:30AA 4631 · flown by Republic	2h 30m New York	JFK 12:00 → CLT 14:09AA 493	6h 58m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	IND 10:30 → DTW 11:45DL 4875 · flown by Endeavor	2h 20m Detroit	DTW 14:05 → CLT 15:58DL 1429	5h 28m	97%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	IND 11:10 → LGA 13:14DL 4883 · flown by Endeavor	51m New York	LGA 14:05 → CLT 16:23DL 5828 · flown by Republic	5h 12m	74%	47%
Delta Details →	IND 17:15 → JFK 19:39DL 4984 · flown by Endeavor	50m New York	JFK 20:29 → CLT 23:03DL 5036 · flown by Endeavor	5h 47m	72%	43%
American Details →	IND 16:49 → PHL 18:49AA 5592 · flown by PSA	46m Philadelphia	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	4h 49m	53%	32%

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

BWI · 1h 05m · leaves 05:35 5%

MIA · 1h 05m · leaves 06:00 7%

IAD · 56m · leaves 05:35 7%

Afternoon and evening

JFK · 50m · leaves 17:15 28%

IAD · 48m · leaves 14:48 30%

PHL · 46m · leaves 16:49 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.


Southwest WN 2129 IND 05:10 → MCO Frontier F9 1446 MCO 09:38 → CLT Connection details →	2h 13m	6h 22m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 518 IND 05:10 → TPA American AA 3320 TPA 10:12 → CLT Connection details →	2h 47m	6h 50m	100%	86%
Southwest WN 370 IND 05:30 → FLL American AA 1865 FLL 10:06 → CLT Connection details →	1h 56m	6h 40m	100%	85%

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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