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

Boston → San Francisco via Salt Lake City: arrives on time 38%

  1. 11:15 BOS → 14:24 SLC
    DL 464 · Delta · 5h 09m · 78% on time, 0.8% cancelled
  2. 46m layover in Salt Lake City (SLC) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:10 SLC → 16:12 SFO
    DL 1088 · Delta · 2h 05m · 66% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 8h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Francisco is 3 h behind Boston). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection58%The first flight arrived more than 1 minutes late on 42% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 46m layover.
Arrives on time38%First flight not cancelled (0.8% are) × connection made (58%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (66%).
Total trip8h 00mBOS 11:15 to SFO 16:12, 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.