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

Pittsburgh → San Francisco via Chicago: arrives on time 25%

  1. 18:16 PIT → 19:05 ORD
    UA 602 · United · 1h 49m · 58% on time, 2.8% cancelled
  2. 59m layover in Chicago (ORD) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:04 ORD → 22:57 SFO
    UA 1495 · United · 4h 53m · 45% on time, 1.4% cancelled

Total trip 7h 41m, scheduled departure to arrival (San Francisco is 3 h behind Pittsburgh). Times are local. Both flew on 19 of the last 56 days, too few to list among the best connections.

Makes the connection57%The first flight arrived more than 14 minutes late on 43% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 59m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (2.8% are) × connection made (57%) × second flight not cancelled (1.4% are) and within 15 minutes (45%).
Total trip7h 41mPIT 18:16 to SFO 22:57, 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.