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

Tue, Oct 6: Delta via Atlanta, leaving 06:00, is the safest bet: 86% chance of reaching Houston on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 2 h ahead of San Francisco). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.


Delta Details →	SFO 06:00 → ATL 13:44DL 570	1h 28m Atlanta	ATL 15:12 → HOU 16:22DL 2381	8h 22m	98%	86%
American Details →	SFO 11:24 → DFW 17:14AA 1849	1h 29m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 18:43 → HOU 20:04AA 3391 · flown by Envoy	6h 40m	91%	80%
Delta Details →	SFO 11:38 → ATL 19:27DL 693	1h 18m Atlanta	ATL 20:45 → HOU 21:51DL 2051	8h 13m	93%	80%

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