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

Detroit → Dallas-Fort Worth via Chicago: arrives on time 31%

  1. 18:20 DTW → 18:57 ORD
    UA 5264 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 37m · 70% on time, 8.3% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:50 ORD → 22:36 DFW
    UA 1673 · United · 2h 46m · 65% on time, 3.4% cancelled

Total trip 5h 16m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection55%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 45% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time31%First flight not cancelled (8.3% are) × connection made (55%) × second flight not cancelled (3.4% are) and within 15 minutes (65%).
Total trip5h 16mDTW 18:20 to DFW 22:36, 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.