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

Buffalo → Denver via Chicago: arrives on time 25%

  1. 19:50 BUF → 20:30 MDW
    WN 768 · Southwest · 1h 40m · 60% on time, 4.0% 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 20m, scheduled departure to arrival (Denver is 2 h behind Buffalo). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection47%The first flight arrived more than 10 minutes late on 53% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 55m layover.
Arrives on time25%First flight not cancelled (4.0% are) × connection made (47%) × second flight not cancelled (3.5% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip5h 20mBUF 19:50 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.