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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Cleveland via Dulles: arrives on time 58%

  1. 17:15 DFW → 21:24 IAD
    UA 1240 · United · 3h 09m · 79% on time, 1.2% cancelled
  2. 51m layover in Dulles (IAD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:15 IAD → 23:44 CLE
    UA 2131 · United · 1h 29m · 85% on time, 0.6% cancelled

Total trip 5h 29m, scheduled departure to arrival (Cleveland is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 56 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection70%The first flight arrived more than 6 minutes late on 30% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 51m layover.
Arrives on time58%First flight not cancelled (1.2% are) × connection made (70%) × second flight not cancelled (0.6% are) and within 15 minutes (85%).
Total trip5h 29mDFW 17:15 to CLE 23:44, 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.