Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: American’s PDX → CLT flights land within a few points of 92% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PDX	CLT	4h 53m	92%	1.4%	440	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Charlotte on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Charlotte is 3 h ahead of Portland). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	PDX 23:30 → MDW 05:20WN 3203	2h 30m Chicago	MDW 07:50 → CLT 10:55 +1WN 2749	8h 25m	100%	94%
United Details →	PDX 05:00 → DEN 08:31UA 459	1h 19m Denver	DEN 09:50 → CLT 15:12UA 1633	7h 12m	98%	87%
Delta Details →	PDX 05:45 → SLC 08:39DL 1270	2h 16m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:55 → CLT 16:52DL 2070	8h 09m	100%	86%
American Details →	PDX 05:20 → PHX 08:00AA 2658	2h 06m Phoenix	PHX 10:06 → CLT 17:30AA 1678	9h 10m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	PDX 22:55 → ATL 06:27DL 564	3h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → CLT 11:26 +1DL 3190	9h 33m	98%	83%
American Details →	PDX 15:29 → LAX 18:03AA 6189 · flown by SkyWest	3h 38m Los Angeles	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24 +1AA 2199	10h 55m	98%	82%
American Details →	PDX 00:45 → DFW 06:33AA 1460	2h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:34 → CLT 12:14AA 1690	8h 29m	93%	81%
Delta Details →	PDX 00:33 → MSP 05:49DL 2359	1h 06m Minneapolis	MSP 06:55 → CLT 10:22DL 1827	6h 49m	94%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PDX 23:07 → ORD 05:07AA 2977	1h 23m Chicago	ORD 06:30 → CLT 09:37 +1AA 1784	7h 30m	74%	60%
American Details →	PDX 11:26 → ORD 17:42AA 2284	1h 05m Chicago	ORD 18:47 → CLT 21:59AA 689	7h 33m	72%	47%
American Details →	PDX 13:45 → ORD 19:50AA 3303	1h 04m Chicago	ORD 20:54 → CLT 23:59AA 2976	7h 14m	60%	34%

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

DEN · 1h 19m · leaves 05:00 2%

MSP · 1h 06m · leaves 00:33 6%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 22:55 18%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 05m · leaves 11:54 24%

MDW · 1h 05m · leaves 11:50 29%

ORD · 1h 04m · leaves 13:45 40%

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.


Alaska AS 531 PDX 17:50 → LAS American AA 2751 LAS 23:45 → CLT Connection details →	3h 33m	10h 14m	98%	89%
Alaska AS 1312 PDX 14:55 → SAN American AA 1860 SAN 21:25 → CLT Connection details →	3h 56m	11h 17m	100%	86%
Delta DL 919 PDX 23:15 → DTW American AA 1791 DTW 10:01 → CLT Connection details →	3h 31m	9h 41m	96%	85%

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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