Articles and guides about connection times for separate-ticket and self-transfer travelers.
One hour works for a straightforward domestic connection on one ticket, is tight internationally, and is not enough when immigration is involved. The breakdown.
On one ticket, 45 minutes works in a narrow best case: same terminal, on-time arrival, a seat near the front. Here is the arithmetic and what to do about it.
A legal connection clears the airline's scheduling minimum. It is not a prediction. What the airline actually promises, and what decides your odds.
Already booked and worried about a short layover? What you can still change, in order, including the free rebooking most travelers do not know they can ask for.
A minimum connection time is the shortest layover an airline will sell you, not a promise you will make the flight. The realistic buffer, by connection type.
LayoverGuard helps you see whether a separate-ticket connection looks comfortable, tight, or risky based on timing, baggage, border control, and airport transfer assumptions.