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

San Antonio → Phoenix via Chicago: arrives on time 31%

  1. 13:32 SAT → 16:38 ORD
    AA 2486 · American · 3h 06m · 60% on time, 3.2% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:34 ORD → 19:19 PHX
    AA 3261 · American · 3h 45m · 56% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 7h 47m, scheduled departure to arrival (Phoenix is 2 h behind San Antonio). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection56%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 44% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time31%First flight not cancelled (3.2% are) × connection made (56%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip7h 47mSAT 13:32 to PHX 19:19, 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.