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 4% of the time at 9 am and 16% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


American	MCI	CLT	2h 26m	83%	2.3%	1,194	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 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	MCI 05:15 → MDW 06:40WN 4276	1h 10m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → CLT 10:55WN 2749	4h 40m	93%	89%
Delta Details →	MCI 05:38 → ATL 08:44DL 1204	1h 26m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26DL 3190	4h 50m	99%	84%
Delta Details →	MCI 07:00 → ATL 10:04DL 1212	2h 16m Atlanta	ATL 12:20 → CLT 13:35DL 2157	5h 35m	98%	81%
United Details →	MCI 09:34 → ORD 11:29UA 5504 · flown by SkyWest	3h 01m Chicago	ORD 14:30 → CLT 17:59UA 5757 · flown by SkyWest	7h 25m	100%	80%
Delta Details →	MCI 15:38 → ATL 18:49DL 1443	3h 52m Atlanta	ATL 22:41 → CLT 23:59DL 3177	7h 21m	99%	80%
United Details →	MCI 06:00 → ORD 07:58UA 5485 · flown by SkyWest	2h 28m Chicago	ORD 10:26 → CLT 13:50UA 3450 · flown by Republic	6h 50m	93%	80%
United Details →	MCI 08:30 → IAH 10:38UA 2228	1h 32m Houston	IAH 12:10 → CLT 16:02UA 6197 · flown by Mesa	6h 32m	95%	80%
American Details →	MCI 05:31 → DFW 07:23AA 1098	1h 11m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:34 → CLT 12:14AA 1690	5h 43m	92%	78%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	MCI 09:12 → ORD 11:02AA 6250 · flown by SkyWest	58m Chicago	ORD 12:00 → CLT 15:08AA 2681	4h 56m	75%	55%
American Details →	MCI 13:30 → ORD 15:21AA 6249 · flown by SkyWest	1h 24m Chicago	ORD 16:45 → CLT 19:59AA 1683	5h 29m	75%	52%
American Details →	MCI 18:19 → DFW 20:16AA 922	58m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 21:14 → CLT 00:53 +1AA 2409	5h 34m	58%	17%

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

DTW · 1h 12m · leaves 06:25 4%

MDW · 1h 10m · leaves 05:15 7%

ATL · 1h 20m · leaves 08:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 59m · leaves 14:56 16%

IAD · 58m · leaves 17:45 18%

DFW · 1h 18m · leaves 18:03 24%

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 2546 MCI 06:55 → DEN United UA 1633 DEN 09:50 → CLT Connection details →	2h 05m	7h 17m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 4796 MCI 05:10 → TPA American AA 2828 TPA 11:56 → CLT Connection details →	3h 11m	7h 43m	100%	89%
American AA 3845 MCI 05:30 → ORD United UA 3450 ORD 10:26 → CLT Connection details →	2h 55m	7h 20m	97%	84%

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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