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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Boston via Chicago: arrives on time 28%

  1. 15:30 DFW → 18:16 ORD
    AA 2740 · American · 2h 46m · 50% on time, 1.3% cancelled
  2. 1h 04m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:20 ORD → 22:53 BOS
    AA 3107 · American · 2h 37m · 56% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 6h 27m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection51%The first flight arrived more than 19 minutes late on 49% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 04m layover.
Arrives on time28%First flight not cancelled (1.3% are) × connection made (51%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip6h 27mDFW 15:30 to BOS 22:53, 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.