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 9 am and 36% of the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops


American	PHL	CLE	1h 43m	80%	3.7%	1,582	Flying now
Frontier	PHL	CLE	1h 40m	100%few flights	0.0%	32	Not 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. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	PHL 06:00 → ORD 07:30UA 660	1h 35m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	5h 41m	98%	87%
United Details →	PHL 06:10 → IAD 07:19UA 3693 · flown by Republic	1h 01m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41UA 1926	3h 31m	97%	86%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:15 → ATL 07:22DL 1269	2h 21m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32DL 2978	6h 18m	98%	84%
Southwest Details →	PHL 08:00 → MDW 09:05WN 4202	3h 10m Chicago	MDW 12:15 → CLE 14:25WN 1813	6h 25m	97%	83%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:00 → BOS 07:30DL 5740 · flown by Republic	55m Boston	BOS 08:25 → CLE 10:35DL 5674 · flown by Republic	4h 36m	91%	83%
Delta Details →	PHL 06:25 → ATL 08:32DL 1152	3h 20m Atlanta	ATL 11:52 → CLE 13:38DL 775	7h 13m	99%	83%
Delta Details →	PHL 08:05 → ATL 10:12DL 1180	3h 24m Atlanta	ATL 13:36 → CLE 15:23DL 2545	7h 18m	98%	82%
Delta Details →	PHL 05:40 → MSP 07:23DL 2791	2h 37m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	7h 12m	96%	81%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PHL 08:58 → ORD 10:38AA 2095	52m Chicago	ORD 11:30 → CLE 14:02AA 4949 · flown by SkyWest	5h 04m	75%	62%
Delta Details →	PHL 17:22 → DTW 19:09DL 1391	1h 06m Detroit	DTW 20:15 → CLE 21:17DL 4071 · flown by SkyWest	3h 55m	73%	50%
Frontier Details →	PHL 06:30 → ATL 09:05F9 2551	51m Atlanta	ATL 09:56 → CLE 11:50F9 2410	5h 20m	64%	44%

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 · 1h 01m · leaves 06:10 3%

DTW · 1h 15m · leaves 09:46 6%

ATL · 1h 11m · leaves 06:25 7%

Afternoon and evening

DTW · 1h 06m · leaves 17:22 27%

FLL · 59m · leaves 17:02 36%

DCA · 1h 11m · leaves 15:29 45%

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.


American AA 2093 PHL 07:00 → MCO United UA 486 MCO 11:35 → CLE Connection details →	1h 51m	7h 06m	98%	89%
American AA 1652 PHL 05:15 → ORD United UA 3422 ORD 09:05 → CLE Connection details →	2h 27m	6h 26m	91%	83%
American AA 1416 PHL 10:30 → BOS Delta DL 5641 BOS 14:54 → CLE Connection details →	2h 51m	6h 36m	96%	82%

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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