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

Detroit → Portland via Chicago: arrives on time 17%

  1. 20:25 DTW → 20:35 MDW
    WN 1782 · Southwest · 1h 10m · 39% on time, 1.8% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:35 MDW → 23:35 PDX
    WN 2852 · Southwest · 4h 20m · 45% on time, 3.5% cancelled

Total trip 6h 30m, scheduled departure to arrival (Portland is 3 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 55 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection39%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 61% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time17%First flight not cancelled (1.8% are) × connection made (39%) × second flight not cancelled (3.5% are) and within 15 minutes (45%).
Total trip6h 30mDTW 20:25 to PDX 23:35, 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.