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

Detroit → Kansas City via Washington: arrives on time 22%

  1. 17:29 DTW → 19:15 DCA
    AA 5172 · American, flown by PSA · 1h 43m · 45% on time, 9.7% cancelled
  2. 1h 03m layover in Washington (DCA) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:18 DCA → 22:14 MCI
    AA 5660 · American, flown by PSA · 2h 56m · 55% on time, 13.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 45m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 27 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection50%The first flight arrived more than 18 minutes late on 50% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 03m layover.
Arrives on time22%First flight not cancelled (9.7% are) × connection made (50%) × second flight not cancelled (13.0% are) and within 15 minutes (55%).
Total trip5h 45mDTW 17:29 to MCI 22:14, 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.