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

Orlando → Dallas via Chicago: arrives on time 32%

  1. 15:40 MCO → 17:30 MDW
    WN 2658 · Southwest · 2h 55m · 60% on time, 4.1% cancelled
  2. 55m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:25 MDW → 20:40 DAL
    WN 2961 · Southwest · 2h 15m · 58% on time, 2.9% cancelled

Total trip 6h 00m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas is 1 h behind Orlando). Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection60%The first flight arrived more than 10 minutes late on 40% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 55m layover.
Arrives on time32%First flight not cancelled (4.1% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (2.9% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip6h 00mMCO 15:40 to DAL 20:40, 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.