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

Newark → Houston via Atlanta: arrives on time 38%

  1. 18:59 EWR → 21:46 ATL
    DL 2430 · Delta · 2h 47m · 60% on time, 13.0% cancelled
  2. 58m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:44 ATL → 23:56 IAH
    DL 1601 · Delta · 2h 12m · 76% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 57m, scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 1 h behind Newark). Times are local. Both flew on 54 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection58%The first flight arrived more than 13 minutes late on 42% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 58m layover.
Arrives on time38%First flight not cancelled (13.0% are) × connection made (58%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (76%).
Total trip5h 57mEWR 18:59 to IAH 23:56, 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.