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

Detroit → Los Angeles via Chicago: arrives on time 8%

  1. 20:25 DTW → 20:35 MDW
    WN 1782 · Southwest · 1h 10m · 39% on time, 1.8% cancelled
  2. 50m 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 20m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 47 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection21%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 79% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time8%First flight not cancelled (1.8% are) × connection made (21%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (36%).
Total trip6h 20mDTW 20:25 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.