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 11 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops


American	LAX	CLT	4h 44m	84%	1.1%	2,272	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 (Charlotte is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	3h 39m Miami	MIA 08:40 → CLT 10:54 +1AA 3044	11h 02m	97%	95%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:55 → MDW 05:55WN 2413	1h 55m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → CLT 10:55 +1WN 2749	8h 00m	98%	93%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	2h 37m Atlanta	ATL 07:38 → CLT 08:53 +1DL 3144	8h 04m	98%	90%
United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 28m Denver	DEN 09:50 → CLT 15:12UA 1633	7h 12m	100%	90%
American Details →	LAX 21:55 → MCO 05:56AA 1118	2h 04m Orlando	MCO 08:00 → CLT 09:53 +1AA 1525	8h 58m	95%	88%
United Details →	LAX 00:13 → ORD 06:32UA 729	3h 54m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	10h 37m	100%	87%
American Details →	LAX 22:39 → RDU 06:34AA 1852	2h 20m Raleigh/Durham	RDU 08:54 → CLT 10:19 +1AA 2362	8h 40m	98%	87%
American Details →	LAX 06:19 → PHX 07:51AA 2027	2h 15m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → CLT 17:30AA 1678	8h 11m	97%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 10:14 → PHL 18:39AA 3164	56m Philadelphia	PHL 19:35 → CLT 21:38AA 1661	8h 24m	68%	46%
American Details →	LAX 09:31 → ORD 15:59AA 2608	46m Chicago	ORD 16:45 → CLT 19:59AA 1683	7h 28m	59%	42%
American Details →	LAX 13:25 → ORD 19:59AA 3134	55m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → CLT 23:59AA 2976	7h 34m	56%	33%

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

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 00:51 4%

BNA · 1h 05m · leaves 23:59 7%

DFW · 1h 19m · leaves 00:31 9%

Afternoon and evening

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 11:45 35%

DFW · 56m · leaves 15:00 39%

ORD · 55m · leaves 10:21 58%

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 2409 LAX 22:05 → MCO Frontier F9 1446 MCO 09:38 → CLT Connection details →	3h 38m	10h 27m	100%	91%
Delta DL 458 LAX 22:55 → CVG American AA 2492 CVG 09:12 → CLT Connection details →	3h 05m	8h 53m	100%	91%
Southwest WN 116 LAX 05:05 → PHX American AA 1678 PHX 10:06 → CLT Connection details →	3h 36m	9h 25m	100%	90%

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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