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

Dulles → Burbank via San Francisco: arrives on time 36%

  1. 12:40 IAD → 15:27 SFO
    UA 1434 · United · 5h 47m · 79% on time, 0.3% cancelled
  2. 48m layover in San Francisco (SFO) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:15 SFO → 17:42 BUR
    UA 2764 · United · 1h 27m · 56% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 8h 02m, scheduled departure to arrival (Burbank is 3 h behind Dulles). Times are local. Both flew on 36 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 3 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 48m layover.
Arrives on time36%First flight not cancelled (0.3% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip8h 02mIAD 12:40 to BUR 17:42, 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.