Connect in the morning. The same 90-minute layover misses 6% of the time at 10 am and 43% of the time at 5 pm.
Nonstops
Nonstop details →| American | JFK | ORD | 2h 54m | 79% | 4.8% | 1,058 | Flying now |
| Delta | JFK | ORD | 2h 56m | 76% | 6.4% | 1,411 | Flying now |
| American | EWR | ORD | 2h 47m | 75% | 5.5% | 1,528 | Flying now |
| Southwest | LGA | MDW | 2h 30m | 74% | 4.9% | 2,385 | Flying now |
| United | EWR | ORD | 2h 43m | 72% | 2.5% | 4,389 | Flying now |
| Delta | LGA | ORD | 2h 47m | 70% | 6.2% | 2,765 | Flying now |
| American | LGA | ORD | 2h 50m | 69% | 5.1% | 3,483 | Flying now |
| JetBlue | JFK | ORD | 2h 59m | 69% | 6.5% | 603 | Flying now |
| United | LGA | ORD | 2h 44m | 68% | 4.8% | 5,070 | Flying now |
| Frontier | EWR | MDW | 2h 30m | 67% | 5.6% | 71 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | LGA | ORD | 2h 35m | 65% | 6.7% | 299 | Not flying now |
| Spirit | EWR | ORD | 2h 35m | 52% | 16.8% | 149 | Not flying now |
| Frontier | JFK | ORD | 2h 57m | 52% | 4.3% | 116 | Not flying now |
Best connections, one ticket
Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 1 h behind New York). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:30 → MCO 09:16UA 788 | 1h 36m Orlando | MCO 10:52 → ORD 13:02UA 2466 | 7h 32m | 100% | 89% |
| AmericanDetails → | JFK 08:24 → BOS 09:48AA 4376 · flown by Republic | 2h 13m Boston | BOS 12:01 → ORD 14:02AA 1610 | 6h 38m | 98% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:15 → IND 08:23UA 3683 · flown by Republic | 2h 22m Indianapolis | IND 10:45 → ORD 11:05UA 3534 · flown by Republic | 5h 50m | 99% | 88% |
| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:00 → IAD 07:22UA 1366 | 3h 09m Dulles | IAD 10:31 → ORD 11:53UA 1252 | 6h 53m | 99% | 88% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:00 → BOS 07:20AA 4377 · flown by Republic | 1h 38m Boston | BOS 08:58 → ORD 11:00AA 1239 | 6h 00m | 98% | 87% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:00 → CLT 07:58AA 3084 | 3h 03m Charlotte | CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908 | 7h 19m | 99% | 86% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 06:45 → CMH 08:39AA 4398 · flown by Republic | 1h 43m Columbus | CMH 10:22 → ORD 11:00AA 4953 · flown by SkyWest | 5h 16m | 97% | 86% |
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 07:50 → RIC 09:32AA 4486 · flown by Republic | 2h 28m Richmond | RIC 12:00 → ORD 13:28AA 4500 · flown by Republic | 6h 38m | 100% | 85% |
| Tight connection: often missed | ||||||
| AmericanDetails → | LGA 17:01 → DFW 20:10AA 3103 | 50m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 21:00 → ORD 23:39AA 2346 | 7h 38m | 52% | 28% |
| FrontierDetails → | LGA 06:29 → ATL 09:17F9 3287 | 48m Atlanta | ATL 10:05 → MDW 11:07F9 2779 | 5h 40m | 46% | 27% |
| AmericanDetails → | JFK 14:42 → DFW 17:44AA 1953 | 54m Dallas-Fort Worth | DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424 | 7h 40m | 64% | 24% |
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.
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
| American AA 3084 LGA 06:00 → CLT Southwest WN 4529 CLT 11:35 → MDW Connection details → |
3h 37m | 7h 35m | 98% | 93% |
| Delta DL 1231 LGA 06:05 → DTW American AA 4103 DTW 10:33 → ORD Connection details → |
2h 39m | 6h 03m | 99% | 88% |
| United UA 593 EWR 07:00 → BOS American AA 1610 BOS 12:01 → ORD Connection details → |
3h 44m | 8h 02m | 98% | 88% |
Rank all connections, any airlines →
Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.
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