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

Los Angeles → Dallas via Atlanta: arrives on time 47%

  1. 23:58 LAX → 07:25 ATL
    DL 320 · Delta · 4h 30m · 74% on time, 1.4% cancelled
  2. 47m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 08:12 ATL → 09:24 DAL +1 day
    DL 441 · Delta · 2h 14m · 90% on time, 3.1% cancelled

Total trip 7h 28m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 43 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection54%The first flight arrived more than 2 minutes late on 46% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 47m layover.
Arrives on time47%First flight not cancelled (1.4% are) × connection made (54%) × second flight not cancelled (3.1% are) and within 15 minutes (90%).
Total trip7h 28mLAX 23:58 to DAL 09:24, 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.