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

Washington → Austin via Boston: arrives on time 27%

  1. 17:00 DCA → 18:51 BOS
    DL 5839 · Delta, flown by Republic · 1h 51m · 50% on time, 8.3% cancelled
  2. 54m layover in Boston (BOS) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 19:45 BOS → 23:10 AUS
    DL 1677 · Delta · 4h 25m · 62% on time, 3.5% cancelled

Total trip 7h 10m, scheduled departure to arrival (Austin is 1 h behind Washington). Times are local. Both flew on 48 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection50%The first flight arrived more than 9 minutes late on 50% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 54m layover.
Arrives on time27%First flight not cancelled (8.3% are) × connection made (50%) × second flight not cancelled (3.5% are) and within 15 minutes (62%).
Total trip7h 10mDCA 17:00 to AUS 23:10, 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.