Connection Time Checker
Check whether a flight connection is long enough, step by step: walking, changing terminal, passport control, security, re-checking bags, and a buffer on separate tickets.
About this tool
Tick what your connection involves and it adds up the time each step usually takes, then compares the total with your layover. A layover counts as comfortable with about half as much time again as the minimum. It’s a transparent rule of thumb rather than an airline’s official minimum connection time, which is the shortest connection it will sell.
On a single booking the airline has accepted the connection and must get you to your destination if you miss it. On separate tickets (a self-transfer) the second airline owes you nothing if the first is late, which is why the checker adds an hour’s buffer and why bags must be collected and checked in again. Your answers are saved on this device.