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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Boston via Detroit: arrives on time 36%

  1. 13:25 DFW → 17:10 DTW
    DL 735 · Delta · 2h 46m · 79% on time, 1.3% cancelled
  2. 47m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:57 DTW → 20:00 BOS
    DL 1707 · Delta · 2h 03m · 57% on time, 3.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 35m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 41 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection66%The first flight arrived more than 2 minutes late on 34% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 47m layover.
Arrives on time36%First flight not cancelled (1.3% are) × connection made (66%) × second flight not cancelled (3.0% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip5h 35mDFW 13:25 to BOS 20:00, 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.