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

Pittsburgh → Houston via Chicago: arrives on time 29%

  1. 20:10 PIT → 20:40 MDW
    WN 4073 · Southwest · 1h 30m · 71% on time, 2.4% cancelled
  2. 1h 00m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:40 MDW → 00:12 HOU +1 day
    WN 954 · Southwest · 2h 32m · 42% on time, 2.9% cancelled

Total trip 5h 02m, scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 1 h behind Pittsburgh). Times are local. Both flew on 24 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection71%The first flight arrived more than 15 minutes late on 29% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 1h 00m layover.
Arrives on time29%First flight not cancelled (2.4% are) × connection made (71%) × second flight not cancelled (2.9% are) and within 15 minutes (42%).
Total trip5h 02mPIT 20:10 to HOU 00:12, 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.