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

Atlanta → Sioux Falls via Chicago: arrives on time 35%

  1. 19:04 ATL → 20:30 ORD
    UA 1046 · United · 2h 26m · 63% on time, 2.6% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:30 ORD → 23:31 FSD
    UA 1842 · United · 2h 01m · 60% on time, 4.3% cancelled

Total trip 5h 27m, scheduled departure to arrival (Sioux Falls is 1 h behind Atlanta). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time35%First flight not cancelled (2.6% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (4.3% are) and within 15 minutes (60%).
Total trip5h 27mATL 19:04 to FSD 23:31, 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.