Wednesday, October 7 · typical odds for a Wednesday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sat 12:00 PM ET · 6 nonstops

Wed, Oct 7: AA 5445 at 06:02 is the safest bet, 13% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 19–26%.

Safest bet that day AA 5445 CVG 06:02 → DCA 07:50 · 13% chance 15+ min late · usually 76% on time Riskiest OH 5647 CVG 17:16 → DCA 19:04 · 26% chance 15+ min late

Every nonstop on Wed, Oct 7

12-month record →

Ranked by the chance of arriving 15+ minutes late (typical odds: the weather this date has had in past years), 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. Dimmed: airlines we don’t forecast yet, shown with their 12-month record if they usually fly that weekday.


AA 5445 American flown by PSA Flight history →	CVG 06:02	DCA 07:50	13%	5%	1.5%	76%
AA 5428 American flown by PSA Flight history →	CVG 10:12	DCA 11:58	19%	7%	1.5%	70%
OH 5647 PSA	CVG 17:16	DCA 19:04	26%	13%	2.2%	no record
DL 5229 Delta flown by Endeavor no forecast: 12-month record	CVG 07:00	DCA 08:33	21%	5%	1.4%	79%
DL 5221 Delta flown by Endeavor no forecast: 12-month record	CVG 12:35	DCA 14:04	38%	13%	1.2%	62%
DL 5134 Delta flown by Endeavor no forecast: 12-month record	CVG 17:10	DCA 18:46	46%	20%	4.7%	54%

How these are worked out. Each flight’s odds are our forecast for that day (typical odds until the weather forecast covers it); 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 Wed, Oct 7 (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