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

Sioux Falls → Phoenix via Chicago: arrives on time 55%

  1. 07:35 FSD → 09:31 ORD
    UA 1857 · United · 1h 56m · 80% on time, 3.4% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 10:25 ORD → 12:26 PHX
    UA 2822 · United · 4h 01m · 78% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 6h 51m, scheduled departure to arrival (Phoenix is 2 h behind Sioux Falls). Times are local. Both flew on 37 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection73%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 27% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time55%First flight not cancelled (3.4% are) × connection made (73%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (78%).
Total trip6h 51mFSD 07:35 to PHX 12:26, 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.