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 1 time in 10 at 10 am and barely half the time at 6 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	VPS	ORD	2h 43m	76%	0.3%	318	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.


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 07:55 → BNA 09:25WN 4062	1h 50m Nashville	BNA 11:15 → ORD 13:15UA 4653 · flown by SkyWest	5h 20m	100%	81%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3085	3h 14m Atlanta	ATL 11:29 → ORD 12:52UA 1239	6h 52m	97%	78%
American Details →	VPS 07:13 → CLT 10:00AA 2185	1h 01m Charlotte	CLT 11:01 → ORD 12:19AA 2908	5h 06m	89%	76%
Delta Details →	VPS 07:00 → ATL 09:15DL 2451	3h 47m Atlanta	ATL 13:02 → ORD 14:16DL 1477	7h 16m	100%	73%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 12:30 → STL 14:25WN 4065	2h 54m St Louis	STL 17:19 → ORD 19:12AA 4537 · flown by Republic	6h 42m	100%	72%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 09:20 → ATL 11:34DL 3051	3h 56m Atlanta	ATL 15:30 → ORD 16:57UA 516	7h 37m	97%	70%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	VPS 06:30 → DFW 08:49AA 2560	3h 11m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:00 → ORD 14:42UA 1401	8h 12m	95%	69%
Delta Details →	VPS 17:07 → ATL 19:29DL 3083	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → ORD 23:53DL 1199	6h 52m	99%	67%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	VPS 06:30 → DFW 08:49AA 2560	46m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:35 → ORD 12:14AA 1290	5h 44m	73%	48%
American Details →	VPS 12:18 → DFW 14:35AA 2460	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:30 → ORD 18:16AA 2740	5h 58m	64%	31%
American Details →	VPS 15:33 → DFW 17:50AA 2501	48m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:38 → ORD 21:22AA 1424	5h 49m	49%	18%

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 01m · leaves 07:13 11%

ATL · 47m · leaves 06:00 21%

DFW · 46m · leaves 06:30 27%

Afternoon and evening

CLT · 1h 05m · leaves 18:37 47%

DCA · 1h 07m · leaves 13:00 49%

DFW · 48m · leaves 15:33 51%

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