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 15% of the time at 6 am and 35% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	SFO	CLE	4h 45m	85%	0.0%	578	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 (Cleveland is 3 h ahead of San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	SFO 00:50 → ORD 07:16UA 1850	1h 49m Chicago	ORD 09:05 → CLE 11:41UA 3422 · flown by Republic	7h 51m	99%	94%
United Details →	SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479	1h 05m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CLE 14:36UA 619	6h 36m	97%	94%
United Details →	SFO 23:59 → MCO 08:34UA 1267	3h 01m Orlando	MCO 11:35 → CLE 14:06 +1UA 486	11h 07m	100%	92%
United Details →	SFO 21:30 → IAD 05:53UA 357	2h 27m Dulles	IAD 08:20 → CLE 09:41 +1UA 1926	9h 11m	100%	90%
United Details →	SFO 06:00 → LAX 07:39UA 2127	1h 21m Los Angeles	LAX 09:00 → CLE 16:38UA 1084	7h 38m	96%	87%
Delta Details →	SFO 22:59 → ATL 06:40DL 495	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 09:43 → CLE 11:32 +1DL 2978	9h 34m	99%	86%
United Details →	SFO 08:31 → DEN 12:22UA 2348	1h 33m Denver	DEN 13:55 → CLE 18:53UA 2476	7h 22m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	SFO 00:35 → MSP 06:09DL 2789	3h 51m Minneapolis	MSP 10:00 → CLE 12:52DL 2057	9h 17m	99%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SFO 00:45 → IAH 06:34UA 604	46m Houston	IAH 07:20 → CLE 11:14UA 544	7h 29m	63%	57%
United Details →	SFO 13:15 → IAD 21:25UA 1791	50m Dulles	IAD 22:15 → CLE 23:44UA 2131	7h 29m	65%	54%
American Details →	SFO 11:24 → DFW 17:14AA 1849	1h 16m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:30 → CLE 22:19AA 560	7h 55m	63%	34%

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

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 05:00 3%

IAH · 1h 16m · leaves 23:59 11%

SEA · 57m · leaves 06:03 13%

Afternoon and evening

IAD · 50m · leaves 13:15 35%

DFW · 1h 16m · leaves 11:24 37%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 14:35 76%

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 2554 SFO 23:08 → ORD United UA 3422 ORD 09:05 → CLE Connection details →	3h 36m	9h 33m	99%	92%
United UA 796 SFO 21:25 → BOS Delta DL 5674 BOS 08:25 → CLE Connection details →	2h 04m	10h 11m	94%	87%
Southwest WN 2222 SFO 06:05 → LAX American AA 650 LAX 10:00 → CLE Connection details →	2h 25m	8h 48m	100%	86%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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