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

Washington → Dallas via Atlanta: arrives on time 56%

  1. 13:42 DCA → 15:42 ATL
    DL 737 · Delta · 2h 00m · 77% on time, 1.9% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:38 ATL → 17:55 DAL
    DL 2780 · Delta · 2h 17m · 79% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 13m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas is 1 h behind Washington). Times are local. Both flew on 51 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time56%First flight not cancelled (1.9% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (79%).
Total trip5h 13mDCA 13:42 to DAL 17:55, 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.