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

Salt Lake City → New York via San Diego: arrives on time 49%

  1. 11:15 SLC → 12:17 SAN
    DL 1296 · Delta · 2h 02m · 84% on time, 1.6% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in San Diego (SAN) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 13:05 SAN → 22:01 JFK
    DL 683 · Delta · 5h 56m · 76% on time, 5.8% cancelled

Total trip 8h 46m, scheduled departure to arrival (New York is 2 h ahead of Salt Lake City). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection69%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 31% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time49%First flight not cancelled (1.6% are) × connection made (69%) × second flight not cancelled (5.8% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip8h 46mSLC 11:15 to JFK 22:01, 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.