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

Cleveland → Los Angeles via Baltimore: arrives on time 24%

  1. 17:45 CLE → 19:05 BWI
    WN 4295 · Southwest · 1h 20m · 51% on time, 4.0% cancelled
  2. 1h 05m layover in Baltimore (BWI) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 20:10 BWI → 22:35 LAX
    WN 980 · Southwest · 5h 30m · 47% on time, 10.0% cancelled

Total trip 7h 55m, scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 3 h behind Cleveland). Times are local. Both flew on 48 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 time24%First flight not cancelled (4.0% are) × connection made (60%) × second flight not cancelled (10.0% are) and within 15 minutes (47%).
Total trip7h 55mCLE 17:45 to LAX 22:35, 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.