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

Detroit → Pittsburgh via Atlanta: arrives on time 45%

  1. 18:09 DTW → 20:19 ATL
    DL 2053 · Delta · 2h 10m · 75% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 47m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:06 ATL → 22:52 PIT
    DL 2583 · Delta · 1h 46m · 76% on time, 3.1% cancelled

Total trip 4h 43m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 28 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection61%The first flight arrived more than 2 minutes late on 39% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 47m layover.
Arrives on time45%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (61%) × second flight not cancelled (3.1% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip4h 43mDTW 18:09 to PIT 22:52, 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.