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

Minneapolis → Boston via Baltimore: arrives on time 30%

  1. 18:00 MSP → 21:25 BWI
    WN 2963 · Southwest · 2h 25m · 57% on time, 2.4% cancelled
  2. 1h 05m layover in Baltimore (BWI) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 22:30 BWI → 00:10 BOS +1 day
    WN 892 · Southwest · 1h 35m · 56% on time, 8.8% cancelled

Total trip 5h 05m, scheduled departure to arrival (Boston is 1 h ahead of Minneapolis). Times are local. Both flew on 40 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection60%The first flight arrived more than 20 minutes late on 40% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 05m layover.
Arrives on time30%First flight not cancelled (2.4% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (8.8% are) and within 15 minutes (56%).
Total trip5h 05mMSP 18:00 to BOS 00:10, 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.