Wednesday, October 7 · our forecast odds · issued Mon 5:00 AM ET · 4 nonstops

Wed, Oct 7: WN 976 at 10:26 is the safest bet, 9% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 9–19%.

Safest bet that day WN 976 DEN 10:26 → FAT 11:41 · 9% chance 15+ min late Riskiest UA 756 DEN 19:28 → FAT 20:52 · 19% chance 15+ min late · usually 77% on time

Against a calm day 12% average chance a nonstop arrives 15+ min late; 10% for the same flights on a calm-weather day

Every nonstop on Wed, Oct 7

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.


WN 976 Southwest	DEN 10:26	FAT 11:41	9%	1%	0.5%	no record
UA 5655 United flown by SkyWest Flight history →	DEN 11:29	FAT 13:14	9%	3%	0.5%	92%
UA 5978 United flown by SkyWest Flight history →	DEN 15:43	FAT 17:39	9%	4%	0.5%	87%
UA 756 United Flight history →	DEN 19:28	FAT 20:52	19%	5%	0.6%	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 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