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

Detroit → Kansas City via Atlanta: arrives on time 61%

  1. 12:25 DTW → 14:23 ATL
    DL 2188 · Delta · 1h 58m · 71% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 01m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:24 ATL → 16:35 MCI
    DL 1660 · Delta · 2h 11m · 86% on time, 0.9% cancelled

Total trip 5h 10m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection72%The first flight arrived more than 16 minutes late on 28% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 01m layover.
Arrives on time61%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (72%) × second flight not cancelled (0.9% are) and within 15 minutes (86%).
Total trip5h 10mDTW 12:25 to MCI 16:35, 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.