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: UA 1747 at 06:00 is the safest bet, 8% chance of being 15+ min late; evening flights run 18–23%.

Safest bet that day UA 1747 IAD 06:00 → IAH 07:59 · 8% chance 15+ min late Riskiest UA 2217 IAD 17:59 → IAH 20:25 · 23% chance 15+ min late · usually 72% 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.


UA 1747 United	IAD 06:00	IAH 07:59	8%	2%	0.7%	no record
UA 1524 United Flight history →	IAD 08:40	IAH 10:59	10%	3%	0.6%	89%
UA 1535 United Flight history →	IAD 12:50	IAH 15:11	12%	3%	0.6%	84%
UA 2607 United	IAD 15:02	IAH 17:26	15%	6%	0.7%	no record
UA 1463 United Flight history →	IAD 22:15	IAH 00:12	18%	4%	0.7%	95%worse than usual
UA 2217 United Flight history →	IAD 17:59	IAH 20:25	23%	7%	0.7%	72%

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