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 12% of the time at 10 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	ORD	ECP	2h 33m	85%	3.0%	234	Flying now
United	ORD	ECP	2h 35m	82%	0.3%	377	Flying now
Southwest	ORD	ECP	–	75%few flights	0.0%	8	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta Details →	ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264	2h 08m Atlanta	ATL 10:41 → ECP 10:50DL 3045	5h 20m	97%	83%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:12 → ATL 10:27UA 425	2h 00m Atlanta	ATL 12:27 → ECP 12:31DL 1359	5h 22m	97%	81%
Delta Details →	ORD 13:46 → ATL 16:54DL 2894	3h 11m Atlanta	ATL 20:05 → ECP 20:16DL 2494	6h 31m	97%	79%
American Details →	ORD 08:00 → CLT 11:08AA 3222	3h 54m Charlotte	CLT 15:02 → ECP 15:46AA 3535 · flown by Envoy	7h 46m	97%	78%
United + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 06:55 → MCI 08:42UA 6005 · flown by SkyWest	1h 58m Kansas City	MCI 10:40 → ECP 12:45WN 2552	5h 50m	95%	77%
Delta Details →	ORD 09:45 → ATL 12:51DL 1178	3h 10m Atlanta	ATL 16:01 → ECP 16:12DL 3094	6h 26m	99%	77%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:00 → AUS 09:56UA 1336	2h 57m Austin	AUS 12:53 → ECP 15:14DL 3767 · flown by SkyWest	8h 12m	98%	76%
United Details →	ORD 08:51 → IAH 11:51UA 535	2h 39m Houston	IAH 14:30 → ECP 16:23UA 4902 · flown by CommuteAir	7h 32m	99%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ORD 16:05 → IAH 19:10UA 714	51m Houston	IAH 20:01 → ECP 21:58UA 4343 · flown by CommuteAir	5h 53m	61%	46%
American Details →	ORD 18:47 → CLT 21:59AA 689	56m Charlotte	CLT 22:55 → ECP 23:40AA 5633 · flown by PSA	4h 53m	64%	33%
American Details →	ORD 15:50 → DFW 18:28AA 2754	1h 14m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:42 → ECP 21:39AA 813	5h 49m	70%	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.

Morning

CLT · 1h 20m · leaves 05:07 6%

ATL · 1h 19m · leaves 08:05 10%

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 06:04 13%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 56m · leaves 18:47 36%

IAH · 51m · leaves 16:05 39%

DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 16:51 48%

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