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Tuesday, October 6 · our forecast odds · issued Mon 12:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Tomorrow: Delta via Atlanta, leaving 06:00, is the safest bet: 87% chance of reaching Minneapolis on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Minneapolis on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Minneapolis is 1 h ahead of Colorado Springs). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → COS 06:00 → ATL 10:54DL 1074 1h 23m Atlanta ATL 12:17 → MSP 13:50DL 2901 6h 50m 97% 87%
UnitedDetails → COS 07:05 → DEN 08:10UA 4696 · flown by SkyWest 1h 30m Denver DEN 09:40 → MSP 12:40UA 397 4h 35m 96% 85%
UnitedDetails → COS 09:20 → DEN 10:33UA 5634 · flown by SkyWest 3h 09m Denver DEN 13:42 → MSP 16:46UA 732 6h 26m 98% 85%
UnitedDetails → COS 11:31 → DEN 12:45UA 4675 · flown by SkyWest 2h 57m Denver DEN 15:42 → MSP 18:46UA 2470 6h 15m 99% 84%
UnitedDetails → COS 17:13 → DEN 18:25UA 4719 · flown by SkyWest 2h 29m Denver DEN 20:54 → MSP 23:59UA 667 5h 46m 97% 82%
AmericanDetails → COS 08:01 → DFW 10:56AA 782 3h 31m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 14:27 → MSP 17:01AA 2406 8h 00m 98% 79%
DeltaDetails → COS 13:40 → ATL 18:44DL 2427 1h 29m Atlanta ATL 20:13 → MSP 21:50DL 9979 7h 10m 94% 79%
UnitedDetails → COS 12:11 → ORD 15:56UA 1398 3h 05m Chicago ORD 19:01 → MSP 20:28UA 2865 7h 17m 98% 76%
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 Tue, Oct 6 (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