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Sunday, October 4 · our forecast odds · issued Sun 4:00 PM ET · 5 nonstops

Today looks rough: weather pushes the average chance of arriving 15+ min late to 42%, against 23% on a calm day. Safest: WN 2818 at 16:55, 37%.

Safest bet today WN 2818 MDW 16:55 → MCO 20:40 · 37% chance 15+ min late · usually 59% on time Riskiest WN 1603 MDW 18:40 → MCO 22:15 · 47% chance 15+ min late
Weather 42% average chance a nonstop arrives 15+ min late; 23% for the same flights on a calm-weather day

Every nonstop today

12-month record →

Ranked by the chance of arriving 15+ minutes late, with each flight’s on-time record over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 beside it. Times are local. Pick a flight for its forecast. Click a column to sort. 9 flights that already left today are not shown.

WN 2818 Southwest Flight history → MDW 16:55 MCO 20:40 37% 12% 0.9% 59%
WN 2821 Southwest Flight history → MDW 20:20 MCO 23:55 39% 12% 0.8% 47%
WN 1871 Southwest MDW 17:26 MCO 21:02 42% 14% 1.0% no record
WN 3032 Southwest MDW 19:02 MCO 22:38 46% 14% 0.8% no record
WN 1603 Southwest MDW 18:40 MCO 22:15 47% 14% 0.9% no record
How these are worked out. Each flight’s odds are our forecast for that day; flights of airlines we don’t forecast yet use their 12-month record and are marked. Makes the connection: the first flight’s 12-month lateness curve, scaled so its chance of arriving 15+ min late matches the day’s forecast, at the layover minus the 45-minute minimum (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled × second flight within 15 minutes, each from the day’s forecast.

About this data: forecast odds from our model for Sun, Oct 4 (newest published update); 12-month records from US DOT on-time data, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. JSON