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Tuesday, October 6 · our forecast odds · issued Mon 8:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Tomorrow: Delta via Atlanta, leaving 15:33, is the safest bet: 84% chance of reaching Dulles on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Dulles on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → STT 15:33 → ATL 19:30DL 1883 3h 23m Atlanta ATL 22:53 → IAD 00:41 +1DL 2549 9h 08m 98% 84%
AmericanDetails → STT 13:07 → CLT 17:11AA 2684 2h 09m Charlotte CLT 19:20 → IAD 20:52AA 3238 7h 45m 95% 73%
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