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

Detroit → Salt Lake City via Atlanta: arrives on time 59%

  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 → 17:24 SLC
    DL 526 · Delta · 4h 00m · 82% on time, 0.3% cancelled

Total trip 6h 59m, scheduled departure to arrival (Salt Lake City is 2 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 55 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 time59%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (72%) × second flight not cancelled (0.3% are) and within 15 minutes (82%).
Total trip6h 59mDTW 12:25 to SLC 17:24, 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.