Wednesday, October 7 · typical odds for a Wednesday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sat 12:00 PM ET · 5 nonstops

Wed, Oct 7: AA 2617 at 06:14 is the safest bet, 7% chance of being 15+ min late; evening flights run 17–24%.

Safest bet that day AA 2617 IAD 06:14 → DFW 08:35 · 7% chance 15+ min late · usually 85% on time Riskiest F9 4559 IAD 16:27 → DFW 18:43 · 24% chance 15+ min late · usually 70% on time

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.


AA 2617 American Flight history →	IAD 06:14	DFW 08:35	7%	3%	1.0%	85%
UA 1564 United Flight history →	IAD 12:41	DFW 15:05	13%	4%	0.6%	79%
AA 524 American Flight history →	IAD 16:57	DFW 19:20	17%	6%	1.0%	83%
UA 2116 United Flight history →	IAD 18:00	DFW 20:25	20%	7%	0.6%	72%
F9 4559 Frontier Flight history →	IAD 16:27	DFW 18:43	24%	7%	1.4%	70%

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