Tuesday, October 6 · our forecast odds · issued Sun 12:00 PM ET · 3 nonstops

Tue, Oct 6: UA 2129 at 21:45 is the safest bet, 6% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 10–20%.

Safest bet that day UA 2129 SAN 21:45 → IAD 05:45 · 6% chance 15+ min late · usually 89% on time Riskiest AS 506 SAN 10:34 → IAD 18:45 · 20% chance 15+ min late · usually 86% on time

Against a calm day 12% average chance a nonstop arrives 15+ min late; 9% for the same flights on a calm-weather day

Every nonstop on Tue, Oct 6

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.


UA 2129 United Flight history →	SAN 21:45	IAD 05:45	6%	3%	0.6%	89%
UA 1071 United Flight history →	SAN 08:00	IAD 16:08	10%	3%	0.6%	88%
AS 506 Alaska Flight history →	SAN 10:34	IAD 18:45	20%	3%	0.7%	86%

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →


Delta Details →	SAN 06:15 → DTW 13:48DL 754	1h 20m Detroit	DTW 15:08 → IAD 16:41DL 1787	7h 26m	98%	89%
Delta Details →	SAN 13:15 → SLC 16:18DL 1296	1h 12m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:30 → IAD 23:29DL 847	7h 14m	94%	82%
Delta Details →	SAN 14:18 → ATL 22:00DL 540	53m Atlanta	ATL 22:53 → IAD 00:41 +1DL 2549	7h 23m	88%	77%

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