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

Take the nonstop: American PHL → TVC (2h 17m) reaches Traverse City on time 77% of the time; the most reliable connection, United via O'Hare (5h 08m), 61%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	TVC	2h 17m	81%	5.2%	116	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 06:00 → BOS 07:30DL 5740 · flown by Republic	2h 43m Boston	BOS 10:13 → TVC 12:44AA 4516 · flown by Republic	6h 44m	98%	86%
American Details →	PHL 06:00 → CLT 07:53AA 3139	1h 17m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → TVC 11:39AA 5433 · flown by PSA	5h 39m	98%	83%
American Details →	PHL 05:15 → ORD 06:38AA 1652	2h 54m Chicago	ORD 09:32 → TVC 11:54AA 4190 · flown by Envoy	6h 39m	96%	83%
JetBlue + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:49 → BOS 10:10B6 1160	3h 55m Boston	BOS 14:05 → TVC 16:38DL 5821 · flown by Republic	7h 49m	99%	81%
United Details →	PHL 06:00 → ORD 07:30UA 660	1h 30m Chicago	ORD 09:00 → TVC 11:37UA 4169 · flown by GoJet	5h 37m	98%	79%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	3h 01m Minneapolis	MSP 10:24 → TVC 12:54DL 3995 · flown by SkyWest	7h 14m	97%	77%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	1h 38m Atlanta	ATL 09:00 → TVC 11:10DL 1649	5h 55m	96%	71%
Frontier + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:00 → CLT 09:56F9 2387	3h 09m Charlotte	CLT 13:05 → TVC 15:31AA 5628 · flown by PSA	7h 29m	94%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 09:07 → DFW 11:45AA 812	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:31 → TVC 16:14AA 2870	7h 06m	52%	29%

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 17m · leaves 06:00 2%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 08:05 10%

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