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

Los Angeles → Memphis via Detroit: arrives on time 55%

  1. 11:45 LAX → 19:09 DTW
    DL 802 · Delta · 4h 24m · 77% on time, 0.5% cancelled
  2. 56m layover in Detroit (DTW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:05 DTW → 21:04 MEM
    DL 1230 · Delta · 1h 59m · 79% on time, 4.0% cancelled

Total trip 7h 19m, scheduled departure to arrival (Memphis is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 49 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection73%The first flight arrived more than 11 minutes late on 27% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 56m layover.
Arrives on time55%First flight not cancelled (0.5% are) × connection made (73%) × second flight not cancelled (4.0% are) and within 15 minutes (79%).
Total trip7h 19mLAX 11:45 to MEM 21:04, 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.