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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Denver via Philadelphia: arrives on time 29%

  1. 12:14 DFW → 16:37 PHL
    AA 2947 · American · 3h 23m · 60% on time, 4.2% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Philadelphia (PHL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:30 PHL → 19:45 DEN
    AA 3158 · American · 4h 15m · 64% on time, 1.9% cancelled

Total trip 8h 31m, scheduled departure to arrival (Denver is 1 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection48%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 52% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time29%First flight not cancelled (4.2% are) × connection made (48%) × second flight not cancelled (1.9% are) and within 15 minutes (64%).
Total trip8h 31mDFW 12:14 to DEN 19:45, 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.