Will your flight be late?

Tell us the flight. Pick the day you’re flying and we’ll give you the odds; they get sharper as the weather forecast, the FAA and your plane’s earlier flights come into focus.

0ground stops in effect right now
3FAA delay programs right now
20%average chance of a late departure on Saturday
<1%average chance of a cancellation on Saturday

Typical odds Too early for a weather forecast — these are typical odds for departures at these airports on a Saturday in October, from the weather this date has had in past years. They’ll switch to forecast-based odds about 3 days before departure.

Schedule: the flights that flew on Saturday, Oct 10, re-dated. Real flights replace these once airlines file their FAA flight plans, usually about a day ahead.

Airports on Saturday, October 17

Typical odds for Sat, Oct 17, worst first. Forecast issued Sun 8:00 PM ET.

  • Chance a departure that hour leaves 15+ min late on a normal day
  • Extra today
MIA Miami #1
25% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~4 of 475
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 37% Clear
DFW Dallas–Fort Worth #2
25% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~10 of 1016
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 34% Clear
FLL Fort Lauderdale #3
24% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~2 of 280
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 40% Clear
EWR Newark #4
24% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~6 of 470
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 36% Clear
MCO Orlando #5
23% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~5 of 532
+5 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 37% Clear
ORD Chicago O'Hare #6
23% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~13 of 1265
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 30% Clear
SFO San Francisco #7
22% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~5 of 521
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 3 PM · 29% Clear
BOS Boston Logan #8
Delay program, avg 75 min (low ceilings)
21% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~6 of 495
+7 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 33% Clear
PHL Philadelphia #9
21% leave 15+ min late
2% cancelled, ~7 of 429
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 33% Clear
JFK New York JFK #10
21% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~6 of 532
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 9 PM · 29% Clear
CLT Charlotte #11
21% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~7 of 724
+1 pt above normal
Worst hour 11 PM · 30% Clear
IAH Houston Bush #12
20% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~5 of 559
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 26% Clear
LAX Los Angeles #13
20% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~6 of 667
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 10 PM · 24% Clear
SEA Seattle–Tacoma #14
19% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~4 of 559
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 8 PM · 23% Clear
DEN Denver #15
19% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~6 of 876
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 26% Clear
LAS Las Vegas #16
19% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~3 of 479
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 29% Clear
PHX Phoenix #17
Departure delays 16 minutes–30 minutes
19% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~3 of 517
+1 pt above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 31% Clear
BWI Baltimore/Washington #18
18% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~2 of 242
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 7 PM · 30% Clear
DCA Washington National #19
17% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~4 of 328
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 27% Clear
DTW Detroit #20
16% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~3 of 392
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 5 PM · 23% Clear
ATL Atlanta #21
15% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~6 of 971
+1 pt above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 23% Clear
LGA New York LaGuardia #22
Delay program, avg 32 min (wind)
15% leave 15+ min late
1% cancelled, ~4 of 320
+4 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 24% Clear
MSP Minneapolis–St Paul #23
14% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~3 of 378
+3 pts above normal
Worst hour 4 PM · 22% Clear
IAD Washington Dulles #24
14% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~3 of 338
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 20% Clear
SLC Salt Lake City #25
13% leave 15+ min late
<1% cancelled, ~2 of 311
+2 pts above normal
Worst hour 6 PM · 20% Clear
Table view
#AirportFAA status Late departureVs. normalCancelled
1MIA Miami Normal operations25%+3 pts <1%
2DFW Dallas–Fort Worth Normal operations25%+2 pts <1%
3FLL Fort Lauderdale Normal operations24%+3 pts <1%
4EWR Newark Normal operations24%+5 pts 1%
5MCO Orlando Normal operations23%+5 pts <1%
6ORD Chicago O'Hare Normal operations23%+3 pts 1%
7SFO San Francisco Normal operations22%+4 pts <1%
8BOS Boston Logan Delay program, avg 75 min (low ceilings)21%+7 pts 1%
9PHL Philadelphia Normal operations21%+4 pts 2%
10JFK New York JFK Normal operations21%+4 pts 1%
11CLT Charlotte Normal operations21%+1 pt <1%
12IAH Houston Bush Normal operations20%+4 pts <1%
13LAX Los Angeles Normal operations20%+2 pts <1%
14SEA Seattle–Tacoma Normal operations19%+3 pts <1%
15DEN Denver Normal operations19%+3 pts <1%
16LAS Las Vegas Normal operations19%+2 pts <1%
17PHX Phoenix Departure delays 16 minutes–30 minutes19%+1 pt <1%
18BWI Baltimore/Washington Normal operations18%+2 pts <1%
19DCA Washington National Normal operations17%+3 pts 1%
20DTW Detroit Normal operations16%+3 pts <1%
21ATL Atlanta Normal operations15%+1 pt <1%
22LGA New York LaGuardia Delay program, avg 32 min (wind)15%+4 pts 1%
23MSP Minneapolis–St Paul Normal operations14%+3 pts <1%
24IAD Washington Dulles Normal operations14%+2 pts <1%
25SLC Salt Lake City Normal operations13%+2 pts <1%

“Above normal” (the red part of each bar) is how much worse the late-departure chance is than our estimate for the same flights on a normal day — today that’s the weather forecast; live FAA and airport conditions will join it. Every chart uses the same scale. Airports with too little flight data aren’t shown. Schedule: the flights that flew on Saturday, Oct 10, re-dated. Real flights replace these once airlines file their FAA flight plans, usually about a day ahead.

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