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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Buffalo via Chicago: arrives on time 48%

  1. 14:15 DFW → 16:57 ORD
    UA 2160 · United · 2h 42m · 63% on time, 0.9% cancelled
  2. 1h 20m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:17 ORD → 21:03 BUF
    UA 1335 · United · 1h 46m · 66% on time, 1.6% cancelled

Total trip 5h 48m, scheduled departure to arrival (Buffalo is 1 h ahead of Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 25 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection75%The first flight arrived more than 35 minutes late on 25% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 20m layover.
Arrives on time48%First flight not cancelled (0.9% are) × connection made (75%) × second flight not cancelled (1.6% are) and within 15 minutes (66%).
Total trip5h 48mDFW 14:15 to BUF 21:03, 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.