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

Atlanta → San Francisco via Seattle: arrives on time 45%

  1. 18:25 ATL → 20:49 SEA
    DL 714 · Delta · 5h 24m · 67% on time, 0.3% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Seattle (SEA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:45 SEA → 00:06 SFO +1 day
    DL 2635 · Delta · 2h 21m · 71% on time, 1.2% cancelled

Total trip 8h 41m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Francisco is 3 h behind Atlanta). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time45%First flight not cancelled (0.3% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (1.2% are) and within 15 minutes (71%).
Total trip8h 41mATL 18:25 to SFO 00:06, 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.