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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Boston via New York: arrives on time 25%

  1. 12:30 DFW → 17:05 LGA
    AA 2388 · American · 3h 35m · 42% on time, 6.1% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in New York (LGA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:59 LGA → 19:23 BOS
    AA 4374 · American, flown by Republic · 1h 25m · 73% on time, 5.8% cancelled

Total trip 5h 54m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection38%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 62% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (6.1% are) × connection made (38%) × second flight not cancelled (5.8% are) and within 15 minutes (73%).
Total trip5h 54mDFW 12:30 to BOS 19:23, 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.