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

Dallas-Fort Worth → Kalispell via Chicago: arrives on time 24%

  1. 16:13 DFW → 18:55 ORD
    UA 2299 · United · 2h 42m · 57% on time, 3.2% cancelled
  2. 52m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:47 ORD → 22:55 FCA
    UA 6021 · United, flown by SkyWest · 4h 08m · 72% on time, 14.3% cancelled

Total trip 7h 42m, scheduled departure to arrival (Kalispell is 1 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 15 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection40%The first flight arrived more than 7 minutes late on 60% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 52m layover.
Arrives on time24%First flight not cancelled (3.2% are) × connection made (40%) × second flight not cancelled (14.3% are) and within 15 minutes (72%).
Total trip7h 42mDFW 16:13 to FCA 22:55, 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.