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 7% of the time at 8 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ORD	PNS	2h 36m	82%	1.1%	436	Flying now
American	ORD	PNS	2h 27m	78%	2.7%	291	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	ORD 05:07 → CLT 08:10AA 2842	3h 12m Charlotte	CLT 11:22 → PNS 12:17AA 5349 · flown by PSA	7h 11m	98%	89%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 07:12 → ATL 10:27UA 425	2h 23m Atlanta	ATL 12:50 → PNS 13:00DL 1640	5h 51m	100%	86%
Delta Details →	ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264	2h 06m Atlanta	ATL 10:39 → PNS 10:51DL 3198	5h 22m	97%	83%
United Details →	ORD 08:51 → IAH 11:51UA 535	2h 29m Houston	IAH 14:20 → PNS 16:06UA 4869 · flown by CommuteAir	7h 15m	99%	82%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ORD 08:12 → ATL 11:14AA 1363	3h 57m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → PNS 15:26DL 1013	7h 14m	99%	81%
Delta Details →	ORD 09:45 → ATL 12:51DL 1178	3h 59m Atlanta	ATL 16:50 → PNS 17:06DL 2211	7h 21m	99%	78%
United Details →	ORD 12:40 → IAH 15:40UA 1448	2h 32m Houston	IAH 18:12 → PNS 19:58UA 6195 · flown by Mesa	7h 18m	96%	77%
Delta Details →	ORD 15:22 → ATL 18:36DL 1477	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 21:39 → PNS 21:54DL 3086	6h 31m	97%	77%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORD 11:23 → ATL 14:25DL 1147	46m Atlanta	ATL 15:11 → PNS 15:26DL 1013	4h 03m	69%	56%
American Details →	ORD 18:00 → MIA 22:17AA 2690	51m Miami	MIA 23:08 → PNS 23:59AA 4109 · flown by Envoy	5h 59m	37%	29%
American Details →	ORD 16:51 → DFW 19:28AA 2988	54m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:22 → PNS 22:22AA 5510 · flown by PSA	5h 31m	41%	18%

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 10m · leaves 05:07 7%

PHL · 59m · leaves 05:00 10%

ATL · 58m · leaves 06:35 13%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 16:05 19%

DFW · 54m · leaves 16:51 59%

MIA · 51m · leaves 18:00 63%

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