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

Des Moines → Dallas-Fort Worth via Philadelphia: arrives on time 31%

  1. 13:04 DSM → 16:44 PHL
    AA 5165 · American, flown by PSA · 2h 40m · 71% on time, 8.6% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in Philadelphia (PHL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:38 PHL → 20:25 DFW
    AA 2947 · American · 3h 47m · 55% on time, 8.3% cancelled

Total trip 7h 21m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection67%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 33% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time31%First flight not cancelled (8.6% are) × connection made (67%) × second flight not cancelled (8.3% are) and within 15 minutes (55%).
Total trip7h 21mDSM 13:04 to DFW 20:25, 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.