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

Kansas City → Dulles via Chicago: arrives on time 51%

  1. 13:03 MCI → 14:55 ORD
    UA 5309 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 52m · 76% on time, 1.7% cancelled
  2. 58m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:53 ORD → 19:02 IAD
    UA 2437 · United · 2h 09m · 71% on time, 1.6% cancelled

Total trip 4h 59m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dulles is 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Times are local. Both flew on 46 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection75%The first flight arrived more than 13 minutes late on 25% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 58m layover.
Arrives on time51%First flight not cancelled (1.7% are) × connection made (75%) × second flight not cancelled (1.6% are) and within 15 minutes (71%).
Total trip4h 59mMCI 13:03 to IAD 19:02, 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.