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 90-minute layover misses 8% of the time at 10 am and 27% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ORD	BGR	2h 49m	83%	1.7%	290	Flying now
American	ORD	BGR	2h 41m	75%	1.7%	407	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Bangor on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Bangor is 1 h ahead of Chicago). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


American Details →	ORD 05:07 → CLT 08:10AA 2842	2h 50m Charlotte	CLT 11:00 → BGR 13:32AA 1463	7h 21m	97%	84%
American Details →	ORD 05:00 → PHL 08:05AA 2970	50m Philadelphia	PHL 08:55 → BGR 10:51AA 6123 · flown by Piedmont	4h 51m	89%	78%
United Details →	ORD 10:51 → EWR 14:17UA 1856	2h 38m Newark	EWR 16:55 → BGR 18:39UA 3454 · flown by Republic	6h 48m	98%	75%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 08:00 → LGA 11:17UA 2092	3h 20m New York	LGA 14:37 → BGR 16:21DL 5010 · flown by Endeavor	7h 20m	98%	67%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:15 → PHL 10:30UA 2038	4h 00m Philadelphia	PHL 14:30 → BGR 16:24AA 6038 · flown by Piedmont	8h 09m	99%	67%
United + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:00 → DCA 09:59UA 482	3h 45m Washington	DCA 13:44 → BGR 15:44AA 5505 · flown by PSA	7h 44m	100%	66%
American Details →	ORD 06:00 → LGA 09:16AA 327	47m New York	LGA 10:03 → BGR 11:44AA 4343 · flown by Republic	4h 44m	78%	64%
American Details →	ORD 15:19 → PHL 18:29AA 2925	3h 21m Philadelphia	PHL 21:50 → BGR 23:45AA 6093 · flown by Piedmont	7h 26m	94%	63%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ORD 16:31 → EWR 20:07UA 485	1h 39m Newark	EWR 21:46 → BGR 23:19UA 3408 · flown by Republic	5h 48m	73%	51%
American Details →	ORD 09:42 → DCA 12:44AA 2398	1h 00m Washington	DCA 13:44 → BGR 15:44AA 5505 · flown by PSA	5h 02m	71%	46%
American Details →	ORD 17:56 → DCA 20:59AA 1787	1h 05m Washington	DCA 22:04 → BGR 23:59AA 5436 · flown by PSA	5h 03m	58%	23%

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

PHL · 50m · leaves 05:00 11%

LGA · 47m · leaves 06:00 22%

Afternoon and evening

EWR · 1h 16m · leaves 12:11 14%

DCA · 1h 05m · leaves 17:56 42%

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