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

Kansas City → Philadelphia via Chicago: arrives on time 37%

  1. 15:16 MCI → 17:05 ORD
    UA 2792 · United · 1h 49m · 71% on time, 5.4% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 17:59 ORD → 21:19 PHL
    UA 1776 · United · 2h 20m · 61% on time, 2.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 03m, scheduled departure to arrival (Philadelphia is 1 h ahead of Kansas City). Times are local. Both flew on 37 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection65%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 35% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time37%First flight not cancelled (5.4% are) × connection made (65%) × second flight not cancelled (2.5% are) and within 15 minutes (61%).
Total trip5h 03mMCI 15:16 to PHL 21:19, 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.