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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Dulles via Atlanta: arrives on time 36%

  1. 16:16 DFW → 19:50 ATL
    F9 2496 · Frontier · 2h 34m · 50% on time, 1.1% cancelled
  2. 1h 26m layover in Atlanta (ATL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:16 ATL → 23:09 IAD
    F9 3692 · Frontier · 1h 53m · 56% on time, 1.7% cancelled

Total trip 5h 53m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dulles is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection66%The first flight arrived more than 41 minutes late on 34% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 26m layover.
Arrives on time36%First flight not cancelled (1.1% are) × connection made (66%) × second flight not cancelled (1.7% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip5h 53mDFW 16:16 to IAD 23:09, 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.