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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Boston via Chicago: arrives on time 41%

  1. 07:18 DFW → 09:50 ORD
    AA 1106 · American · 2h 42m · 74% on time, 2.9% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 10:50 ORD → 14:20 BOS
    AA 1563 · American · 2h 38m · 58% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 6h 10m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time41%First flight not cancelled (2.9% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip6h 10mDFW 07:18 to BOS 14:20, 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.