Today: only flights still to leave (it’s 4:25 am at Long Beach)

Tuesday, October 6 · our forecast odds · issued Tue 5:00 AM ET · connections flying that day

Today: Southwest via Denver, leaving 11:09, is the safest bet: 74% chance of reaching Baltimore on time.

Best connections today, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Baltimore on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Baltimore is 3 h ahead of Long Beach). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.


Southwest Details →	LGB 11:09 → DEN 14:33WN 4966	3h 31m Denver	DEN 18:04 → BWI 23:33WN 1080	9h 24m	100%	74%

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