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

St Louis → Boston via Chicago: arrives on time 39%

  1. 11:25 STL → 13:03 ORD
    UA 4395 · United, flown by GoJet · 1h 38m · 71% on time, 2.8% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 13:55 ORD → 17:31 BOS
    UA 1693 · United · 2h 36m · 64% on time, 2.6% cancelled

Total trip 5h 06m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of St Louis). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time39%First flight not cancelled (2.8% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (2.6% are) and within 15 minutes (64%).
Total trip5h 06mSTL 11:25 to BOS 17:31, 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.