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

Fort Myers → Dallas-Fort Worth via Chicago: arrives on time 17%

  1. 17:24 RSW → 19:54 ORD
    AA 2437 · American · 3h 30m · 33% on time, 3.2% cancelled
  2. 1h 05m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:59 ORD → 23:32 DFW
    AA 2600 · American · 2h 33m · 52% on time, 13.0% cancelled

Total trip 7h 08m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Fort Myers). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection40%The first flight arrived more than 20 minutes late on 60% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 05m layover.
Arrives on time17%First flight not cancelled (3.2% are) × connection made (40%) × second flight not cancelled (13.0% are) and within 15 minutes (52%).
Total trip7h 08mRSW 17:24 to DFW 23:32, 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.