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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 41%

  1. 14:10 DTW → 14:47 ORD
    UA 5381 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 37m · 71% on time, 1.8% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 15:40 ORD → 18:22 DFW
    UA 793 · United · 2h 42m · 68% on time, 3.1% cancelled

Total trip 5h 12m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time41%First flight not cancelled (1.8% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (3.1% are) and within 15 minutes (68%).
Total trip5h 12mDTW 14:10 to DFW 18:22, 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.