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

Ontario → Chicago via Dallas-Fort Worth: arrives on time 26%

  1. 12:35 ONT → 17:50 DFW
    AA 2242 · American · 3h 15m · 75% on time, 2.8% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:38 DFW → 21:22 ORD
    AA 1424 · American · 2h 44m · 39% on time, 2.8% cancelled

Total trip 6h 47m, scheduled departure to arrival (Chicago is 2 h ahead of Ontario). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection70%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 30% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time26%First flight not cancelled (2.8% are) × connection made (70%) × second flight not cancelled (2.8% are) and within 15 minutes (39%).
Total trip6h 47mONT 12:35 to ORD 21:22, 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.