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

Baltimore → Dallas via Chicago: arrives on time 34%

  1. 16:28 BWI → 17:32 MDW
    WN 997 · Southwest · 2h 05m · 66% on time, 3.9% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in Chicago (MDW) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 18:25 MDW → 20:40 DAL
    WN 2961 · Southwest · 2h 15m · 58% on time, 2.9% cancelled

Total trip 5h 12m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas is 1 h behind Baltimore). Times are local. Both flew on 32 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection63%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 37% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time34%First flight not cancelled (3.9% are) × connection made (63%) × second flight not cancelled (2.9% are) and within 15 minutes (58%).
Total trip5h 12mBWI 16:28 to DAL 20:40, 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.