46 minute layover in O'hare enough?
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Anonymous
| Flying from AZO (Kalamazoo MI) to DCA with a layover in ORD, Connection Time on app says 46 minutes, is that enough time? Pretty sure different terminals, flying American. |
Anonymous
| No. |
Anonymous
| Absolutely not. My family is in Chicago, and I can’t tell you the number of times we’ve gotten held up waiting for a gate to clear. Don’t do it. 45 minutes is insane. |
Anonymous
| NO |
Anonymous
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No. You need double that.
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Anonymous
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Ohare is massive and weird, and had the worst security lines I have personally ever experienced aside from ATL.
I would do nothing less than a 2-hr layover at ORD. |
Anonymous
| Obviously not, minor delays are common and a long delay can obviously happen too. It's only fine if you don't care about making your connection. |
Anonymous
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No.
Why would you set yourself up for stress and hassle by planning this short of a connection?? |
Anonymous
| If you sprint and your flight isn't late, mayyyybe. O'Hare especially if United is notorious for having to change terminals and they are a mile a apart. |
Anonymous
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No.
My DH manages it, but only for work travel when he knows his travel people can fix whatever goes wrong. Half of the time that it works it only works because his next flight is delayed and he’s on larger planes so he’s up front in business class. He is totally willing to run through the airport and sweat through his shirt, but I prefer a bathroom break and a stop for Garrett’s. |
Anonymous
| Yes - gates will be next/near to each other. You’ll be fine - if you miss your connection (which happens when the AZO leg can’t get a gate) you can get on the next AA flight. |
Anonymous
| Nope |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| In my experience, I am almost always delayed/become worryingly close to missing my connecting flight when I have a layover, and have a seamless traveling experience when I have, say, a 3-hour layover. In any case, the shortest layover should be an hour tops, and 1.5 hours at O’Hare. |
Anonymous
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Are you checking luggage? Then absolutely not.
If they are in different terminals? Absolutely not. If everything goes absolutely perfectly you might make it. But it's a risk. I try to have at least 1:15 for a connnection in O'Hare. |