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

Boston → Houston via Detroit: arrives on time 43%

  1. 17:15 BOS → 19:39 DTW
    DL 1432 · Delta · 2h 20m · 70% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 46m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:25 DTW → 22:24 IAH
    DL 1633 · Delta · 2h 59m · 81% on time, 1.1% cancelled

Total trip 6h 09m, scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 1 h behind Boston). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection55%The first flight arrived more than 1 minutes late on 45% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 46m layover.
Arrives on time43%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (55%) × second flight not cancelled (1.1% are) and within 15 minutes (81%).
Total trip6h 09mBOS 17:15 to IAH 22:24, 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.