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 3% of the time at 10 am and 23% of the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	SAT	ORD	2h 59m	79%	1.8%	976	Flying now
American	SAT	ORD	2h 57m	76%	2.8%	1,003	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

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.


United Details →	SAT 05:30 → IAH 06:37UA 469	1h 28m Houston	IAH 08:05 → ORD 11:01UA 1617	5h 31m	96%	86%
United Details →	SAT 05:40 → DEN 06:57UA 1464	2h 38m Denver	DEN 09:35 → ORD 13:15UA 2329	7h 35m	99%	82%
Delta Details →	SAT 05:15 → DTW 09:22DL 2497	53m Detroit	DTW 10:15 → ORD 10:50DL 3673 · flown by SkyWest	5h 35m	92%	81%
American Details →	SAT 06:01 → CLT 10:00AA 1119	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	6h 18m	90%	80%
United Details →	SAT 07:00 → IAD 11:27UA 471	1h 48m Dulles	IAD 13:15 → ORD 14:29UA 2331	7h 29m	98%	78%
American Details →	SAT 05:01 → DFW 06:18AA 2342	2h 12m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:30 → ORD 11:10AA 1059	6h 09m	96%	74%
Delta Details →	SAT 06:40 → ATL 10:06DL 1066	2h 56m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → ORD 14:16DL 1477	7h 36m	99%	73%
United Details →	SAT 06:27 → EWR 11:22UA 2233	1h 38m Newark	EWR 13:00 → ORD 14:43UA 2053	8h 16m	97%	72%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SAT 15:44 → PHX 16:10AA 2495	1h 28m Phoenix	PHX 17:38 → ORD 23:30AA 435	7h 46m	63%	40%
American Details →	SAT 11:04 → DFW 12:21AA 413	49m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 13:10 → ORD 15:51AA 2988	4h 47m	59%	37%
American Details →	SAT 17:35 → DFW 18:59AA 3311	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:45 → ORD 22:32AA 3531 · flown by Envoy	4h 57m	42%	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

ATL · 1h 16m · leaves 06:40 3%

LAX · 1h 11m · leaves 07:00 5%

MSP · 1h 00m · leaves 06:05 5%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 02m · leaves 16:35 23%

CLT · 52m · leaves 17:47 40%

DFW · 46m · leaves 17:35 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.


Southwest WN 4608 SAT 05:00 → MCO United UA 2466 MCO 10:52 → ORD Connection details →	2h 07m	8h 02m	100%	92%
American AA 2342 SAT 05:01 → DFW United UA 1114 DFW 09:45 → ORD Connection details →	3h 27m	7h 25m	97%	85%
Southwest WN 3565 SAT 05:45 → DEN United UA 2329 DEN 09:35 → ORD Connection details →	2h 35m	7h 30m	100%	83%

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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