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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Chicago via Atlanta: arrives on time 47%

  1. 16:51 DFW → 20:19 ATL
    DL 2143 · Delta · 2h 24m · 69% on time, 1.8% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:15 ATL → 22:17 MDW
    DL 1076 · Delta · 2h 02m · 77% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 26m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time47%First flight not cancelled (1.8% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (77%).
Total trip5h 26mDFW 16:51 to MDW 22:17, 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.