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

Albany → Denver via Chicago: arrives on time 26%

  1. 19:15 ALB → 20:30 MDW
    WN 4355 · Southwest · 2h 15m · 61% on time, 8.8% cancelled
  2. 55m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:25 MDW → 23:05 DEN
    WN 2770 · Southwest · 2h 45m · 58% on time, 3.5% cancelled

Total trip 5h 55m, scheduled departure to arrival (Denver is 2 h behind Albany). Times are local. Both flew on 32 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection52%The first flight arrived more than 10 minutes late on 48% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 55m layover.
Arrives on time26%First flight not cancelled (8.8% are) × connection made (52%) × second flight not cancelled (3.5% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip5h 55mALB 19:15 to DEN 23:05, 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.