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

Chicago → Kansas City via St Louis: arrives on time 23%

  1. 14:45 MDW → 15:55 STL
    WN 2903 · Southwest · 1h 10m · 62% on time, 4.8% cancelled
  2. 50m layover in St Louis (STL) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 16:45 STL → 17:50 MCI
    WN 3944 · Southwest · 1h 05m · 54% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 3h 05m, scheduled departure to arrival. Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection45%The first flight arrived more than 5 minutes late on 55% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 50m layover.
Arrives on time23%First flight not cancelled (4.8% are) × connection made (45%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (54%).
Total trip3h 05mMDW 14:45 to MCI 17:50, 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.