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, 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.


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%
Delta Details →	VPS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3085	3h 07m Atlanta	ATL 11:22 → ORD 12:36DL 2894	6h 36m	98%	67%
Delta Details →	VPS 17:07 → ATL 19:29DL 3083	3h 21m Atlanta	ATL 22:50 → ORD 23:53DL 1199	6h 52m	99%	67%
Delta Details →	VPS 14:16 → MSP 17:10DL 2462	2h 35m Minneapolis	MSP 19:45 → ORD 21:25DL 1563	7h 09m	99%	66%
Delta Details →	VPS 13:28 → ATL 15:45DL 3092	3h 30m Atlanta	ATL 19:15 → ORD 20:33DL 2486	7h 04m	97%	60%
American Details →	VPS 06:30 → DFW 08:49AA 2560	1h 56m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 10:45 → ORD 13:25AA 3330	6h 55m	93%	58%
American Details →	VPS 07:14 → CLT 10:09AA 5661 · flown by PSA	2h 56m Charlotte	CLT 13:05 → ORD 14:20AA 836	7h 06m	86%	57%
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.


Southwest WN 4062 VPS 07:55 → BNA United UA 4653 BNA 11:15 → ORD Connection details →	1h 50m	5h 20m	100%	81%
Delta DL 3085 VPS 06:00 → ATL United UA 1239 ATL 11:29 → ORD Connection details →	3h 14m	6h 52m	97%	78%
Southwest WN 4065 VPS 12:30 → STL American AA 4537 STL 17:19 → ORD Connection details →	2h 54m	6h 42m	100%	72%

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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