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

Columbus → Los Angeles via Chicago: arrives on time 23%

  1. 20:08 CMH → 20:22 MDW
    WN 1200 · Southwest · 1h 15m · 62% on time, 2.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 03m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:25 MDW → 23:50 LAX
    WN 3364 · Southwest · 4h 20m · 36% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 6h 37m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Columbus). Times are local. Both flew on 40 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection65%The first flight arrived more than 18 minutes late on 35% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 03m layover.
Arrives on time23%First flight not cancelled (2.0% are) × connection made (65%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (36%).
Total trip6h 37mCMH 20:08 to LAX 23:50, 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.