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 1 time in 10 at 7 am and 2 times in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	CAE	2h 02m	85%	1.2%	674	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	3h 18m Charlotte	CLT 11:11 → CAE 12:20AA 5994 · flown by Piedmont	6h 20m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	2h 43m Atlanta	ATL 10:05 → CAE 11:14DL 5091 · flown by Endeavor	6h 01m	99%	89%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	3h 28m Atlanta	ATL 12:00 → CAE 13:02DL 2944	6h 37m	99%	86%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 09:32 → ATL 11:53AA 4338 · flown by Republic	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 14:05 → CAE 15:09DL 3193	5h 37m	100%	83%
American Details →	PHL 08:58 → ORD 10:38AA 2095	2h 56m Chicago	ORD 13:34 → CAE 16:43AA 4183 · flown by Envoy	7h 45m	96%	76%
American Details →	PHL 12:07 → CLT 14:00AA 1311	3h 07m Charlotte	CLT 17:07 → CAE 18:13AA 5875 · flown by Piedmont	6h 06m	96%	75%
Frontier + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:00 → CLT 09:56F9 2387	3h 06m Charlotte	CLT 13:02 → CAE 14:07AA 6047 · flown by Piedmont	6h 07m	94%	74%
United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	56m Dulles	IAD 08:15 → CAE 09:56UA 4818 · flown by CommuteAir	3h 46m	94%	74%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 16:22 → DFW 19:09AA 2356	51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:00 → CAE 23:34AA 4064 · flown by Envoy	7h 12m	61%	41%
American Details →	PHL 17:40 → ORD 19:26AA 1012	48m Chicago	ORD 20:14 → CAE 23:19AA 4275 · flown by Envoy	5h 44m	47%	30%
Delta Details →	PHL 17:12 → ATL 19:20DL 1692	50m Atlanta	ATL 20:10 → CAE 21:19DL 5001 · flown by Endeavor	4h 07m	46%	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

IAD · 56m · leaves 06:10 6%

ATL · 58m · leaves 05:15 10%

CLT · 53m · leaves 08:20 15%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 51m · leaves 16:22 39%

ORD · 48m · leaves 17:40 53%

ATL · 50m · leaves 17:12 54%

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