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Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Pittsburgh → Los Angeles via Detroit: arrives on time 49%

  1. 06:30 PIT → 07:44 DTW
    DL 5319 · Delta, flown by Endeavor · 1h 14m · 86% on time, 5.8% cancelled
  2. 46m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 08:30 DTW → 10:20 LAX
    DL 523 · Delta · 4h 50m · 76% on time, 1.6% cancelled

Total trip 6h 50m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Pittsburgh). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection69%The first flight arrived more than 1 minutes late on 31% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 46m layover.
Arrives on time49%First flight not cancelled (5.8% are) × connection made (69%) × second flight not cancelled (1.6% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip6h 50mPIT 06:30 to LAX 10:20, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.