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

Dulles → Kansas City via Newark: arrives on time 48%

  1. 12:35 IAD → 14:01 EWR
    UA 1498 · United · 1h 26m · 69% on time, 5.6% cancelled
  2. 46m layover in Newark (EWR) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 14:47 EWR → 17:02 MCI
    UA 3436 · United, flown by Republic · 3h 15m · 82% on time, 2.4% cancelled

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

Makes the connection64%The first flight arrived more than 1 minutes late on 36% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 46m layover.
Arrives on time48%First flight not cancelled (5.6% are) × connection made (64%) × second flight not cancelled (2.4% are) and within 15 minutes (82%).
Total trip5h 27mIAD 12:35 to MCI 17:02, 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.