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

Tue, Oct 6: Southwest via Hobby, leaving 07:21, is the safest bet: 87% chance of reaching Long Beach on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

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


Southwest Details →	MCO 07:21 → HOU 08:35WN 2871	1h 02m Houston	HOU 09:37 → LGB 11:05WN 1950	6h 44m	94%	87%
Delta Details →	MCO 07:15 → SLC 09:55DL 2025	1h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:05 → LGB 11:59DL 1116	7h 44m	98%	87%

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