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

Newark → Kansas City via Atlanta: arrives on time 42%

  1. 18:59 EWR → 21:46 ATL
    DL 2430 · Delta · 2h 47m · 60% on time, 13.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 02m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:48 ATL → 23:59 MCI
    DL 2911 · Delta · 2h 11m · 81% on time, 1.7% cancelled

Total trip 6h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Newark). Times are local. Both flew on 54 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection60%The first flight arrived more than 17 minutes late on 40% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 02m layover.
Arrives on time42%First flight not cancelled (13.0% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (1.7% are) and within 15 minutes (81%).
Total trip6h 00mEWR 18:59 to MCI 23:59, 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.