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

Houston → San Jose via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 12%

  1. 18:53 IAH → 20:25 DFW
    AA 1929 · American · 1h 32m · 23% on time, 9.6% cancelled
  2. 59m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:24 DFW → 22:58 SJC
    AA 1940 · American · 3h 34m · 60% on time, 2.7% cancelled

Total trip 6h 05m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Jose is 2 h behind Houston). Times are local. Both flew on 40 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection23%The first flight arrived more than 14 minutes late on 77% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 59m layover.
Arrives on time12%First flight not cancelled (9.6% are) × connection made (23%) × second flight not cancelled (2.7% are) and within 15 minutes (60%).
Total trip6h 05mIAH 18:53 to SJC 22:58, 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.