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

Indianapolis → Kansas City via Chicago: arrives on time 36%

  1. 18:33 IND → 19:00 ORD
    UA 5435 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 27m · 64% on time, 9.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 05m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:05 ORD → 21:54 MCI
    UA 1851 · United · 1h 49m · 57% on time, 5.4% cancelled

Total trip 4h 21m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kansas City is 1 h behind Indianapolis). Times are local. Both flew on 37 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection74%The first flight arrived more than 20 minutes late on 26% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 05m layover.
Arrives on time36%First flight not cancelled (9.0% are) × connection made (74%) × second flight not cancelled (5.4% are) and within 15 minutes (57%).
Total trip4h 21mIND 18:33 to MCI 21:54, 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.