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How layovering works out your time.

A plain account of how the planner gets from two flight times to a plan, and what it checks along the way.

Vaulted airport concourse viewed from above
Illustrative scene: Generic airport scale · Photo: Chait Goli / Pexels

Connection Intelligence

What we are building
  • What it does

    The decision layer that checks airside demand against the real window and routes only what fits.

What it checks

  • Schedules

    A live schedule reading uses a named source and check time; manually entered times remain manual.

  • Allowances

    The planner holds back about 45 minutes for arrival and about 60 to be back.

  • Changes

    A change of terminal or airport, or an overnight stay, is shown when the schedule data has it.

  • Unknowns

    When something is not known, such as a gate, the plan says so and suggests what to check.

Four steps

These times are Sample, not a live schedule or a checked terminal. A real reading needs its own source and check time.

  1. 01

    Start from the schedule

    Use returned flight times when a schedule source supplies them. Manually entered times remain manual.

  2. 02

    Hold time back

    About 45 minutes for arrival and about 60 to be back, shown as about.

  3. 03

    Show what changes

    Terminal, airport and overnight changes appear when the schedule data has them.

  4. 04

    Keep the unknowns visible

    When something is not known, such as a gate, the plan says so and suggests what to check.

From two flight times to the time that is yours.

Sample connection
  1. Arrive2:55 pmFlight lands
  2. Held backabout 45mTime to get through arrival
  3. Usable3h 40mYours to plan around
  4. Back byabout 1hBuffer before the flight
  5. Depart8:20 pmOnward flight

Arrival and the way back are held back. The rest is yours. Flight times are local times.

Yellow directional arrows on a blue-lit terminal floor
Illustrative scene: Generic wayfinding · Photo: Brian James / Pexels

See the working.

Every figure in a plan shows how it was reached.

Questions people ask

  • Is this live?

    Not yet. Atlanta is our first airport, and what you see here is a sample plan.

  • Can I try it?

    Yes, with your own flight times in the planner. Anything you see here is a sample.

See how it works with a connection.

45 minutes

held back for arrival by default, and about 60 to be back, until an airport's own times are used.

Source: layovering default planning allowances.

We are early, and Atlanta is our first airport. Anything marked Sample is illustrative. Partner operations