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 75-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 9 am and 35% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


United	ORD	CLE	1h 28m	75%	2.2%	2,748	Flying now
American	ORD	CLE	1h 28m	68%	4.3%	2,135	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ORD 06:00 → DEN 07:42UA 2806	1h 58m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CLE 14:36UA 619	7h 36m	100%	95%
United Details →	ORD 06:00 → MCO 09:40UA 284	1h 55m Orlando	MCO 11:35 → CLE 14:06UA 486	7h 06m	100%	92%
United Details →	ORD 10:54 → DEN 12:45UA 581	1h 10m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	6h 59m	97%	88%
United Details →	ORD 07:05 → RSW 11:14UA 1740	1h 45m Fort Myers	RSW 12:59 → CLE 15:36UA 464	7h 31m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	ORD 05:30 → ATL 08:33DL 1264	3h 19m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	7h 08m	99%	83%
United Details →	ORD 06:30 → IAD 09:24UA 1689	3h 21m Dulles	IAD 12:45 → CLE 14:06UA 1709	6h 36m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	ORD 06:30 → MSP 08:06DL 1717	1h 54m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	5h 22m	95%	81%
Delta Details →	ORD 08:05 → ATL 11:08DL 2426	2h 28m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	6h 18m	98%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ORD 17:57 → MSP 19:38DL 1306	1h 13m Minneapolis	MSP 20:51 → CLE 23:44DL 1392	4h 48m	65%	44%
United Details →	ORD 18:12 → IAD 21:22UA 2202	53m Dulles	IAD 22:15 → CLE 23:44UA 2131	4h 32m	48%	39%
American Details →	ORD 14:59 → DFW 17:36AA 2257	54m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:30 → CLE 22:19AA 560	6h 20m	60%	32%

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

LGA · 1h 16m · leaves 06:00 5%

ATL · 1h 10m · leaves 05:30 8%

IAD · 53m · leaves 08:40 10%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 54m · leaves 14:59 40%

CLT · 51m · leaves 18:47 42%

IAD · 53m · leaves 18:12 52%

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.


United UA 425 ORD 07:12 → ATL Delta DL 2545 ATL 13:36 → CLE Connection details →	3h 09m	7h 11m	100%	87%
American AA 4106 ORD 08:30 → BOS Delta DL 5641 BOS 14:54 → CLE Connection details →	2h 47m	7h 36m	99%	84%
United UA 1076 ORD 07:33 → BOS JetBlue B6 641 BOS 13:06 → CLE Connection details →	2h 01m	6h 32m	99%	81%

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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