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

Detroit → Dallas-Fort Worth via Houston: arrives on time 40%

  1. 18:40 DTW → 20:50 IAH
    UA 4032 · United, flown by Mesa · 3h 10m · 77% on time, 0.0% cancelled
  2. 47m layover in Houston (IAH) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 21:37 IAH → 22:59 DFW
    UA 1183 · United · 1h 22m · 62% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 5h 19m, scheduled departure to arrival (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Detroit). Times are local. Both flew on 39 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection65%The first flight arrived more than 2 minutes late on 35% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 47m layover.
Arrives on time40%First flight not cancelled (0.0% are) × connection made (65%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (62%).
Total trip5h 19mDTW 18:40 to DFW 22:59, 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.