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 10 am and 29% of the time at 4 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PNS	ORD	2h 47m	80%	4.1%	291	Flying now
United	PNS	ORD	2h 40m	78%	1.6%	436	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


American Details →	PNS 05:22 → CLT 08:18AA 5548 · flown by PSA	2h 43m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	6h 57m	97%	83%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 07:50 → BNA 09:20WN 3391	1h 55m Nashville	BNA 11:15 → ORD 13:15UA 4653 · flown by SkyWest	5h 25m	97%	78%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 08:00 → ATL 10:16DL 3067	3h 02m Atlanta	ATL 13:18 → ORD 14:41UA 745	6h 41m	99%	78%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 07:00 → ATL 09:17DL 3129	2h 12m Atlanta	ATL 11:29 → ORD 12:52UA 1239	5h 52m	95%	77%
United Details →	PNS 07:00 → IAH 08:42UA 1823	53m Houston	IAH 09:35 → ORD 12:29UA 2124	5h 29m	88%	74%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 11:55 → STL 13:45WN 4979	3h 34m St Louis	STL 17:19 → ORD 19:12AA 4537 · flown by Republic	7h 17m	100%	72%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 06:00 → DCA 09:29AA 5424 · flown by PSA	2h 28m Washington	DCA 11:57 → ORD 13:15UA 374	7h 15m	89%	72%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PNS 07:10 → CLT 09:59AA 2103	3h 07m Charlotte	CLT 13:06 → ORD 14:30UA 3442 · flown by Republic	7h 20m	96%	71%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	PNS 17:04 → MIA 19:52AA 3749 · flown by Envoy	1h 02m Miami	MIA 20:54 → ORD 23:30AA 1881	6h 24m	70%	36%
American Details →	PNS 16:42 → CLT 19:40AA 5604 · flown by PSA	47m Charlotte	CLT 20:27 → ORD 22:00AA 627	5h 18m	42%	24%
American Details →	PNS 15:34 → DFW 17:49AA 2320	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424	5h 48m	43%	16%

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

ATL · 1h 06m · leaves 08:00 7%

IAH · 1h 09m · leaves 09:00 12%

CLT · 1h 02m · leaves 07:10 20%

Afternoon and evening

DCA · 51m · leaves 15:48 44%

DFW · 49m · leaves 15:34 57%

CLT · 47m · leaves 16:42 58%

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