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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Los Angeles via Chicago: arrives on time 23%

  1. 15:30 DFW → 18:16 ORD
    AA 2740 · American · 2h 46m · 50% on time, 1.3% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:08 ORD → 21:33 LAX
    AA 2364 · American · 4h 25m · 59% on time, 1.9% cancelled

Total trip 8h 03m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection41%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 59% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time23%First flight not cancelled (1.3% are) × connection made (41%) × second flight not cancelled (1.9% are) and within 15 minutes (59%).
Total trip8h 03mDFW 15:30 to LAX 21:33, 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.