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Wednesday, October 7 · our forecast odds · issued Mon 5:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Wed, Oct 7: United via O'Hare, leaving 06:00, is the safest bet: 91% chance of reaching San Diego on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach San Diego on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (San Diego is 3 h behind Indianapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

UnitedDetails → IND 06:00 → ORD 06:20UA 3479 · flown by Republic 2h 26m Chicago ORD 08:46 → SAN 11:21UA 660 8h 21m 100% 91%
DeltaDetails → IND 07:00 → MSP 07:49DL 2757 3h 49m Minneapolis MSP 11:38 → SAN 13:24DL 2125 9h 24m 99% 88%
DeltaDetails → IND 07:50 → DTW 09:04DL 4897 · flown by Endeavor 3h 30m Detroit DTW 12:34 → SAN 14:26DL 761 9h 36m 99% 87%
DeltaDetails → IND 13:41 → ATL 15:20DL 3013 2h 40m Atlanta ATL 18:00 → SAN 19:41DL 712 9h 00m 99% 86%
DeltaDetails → IND 06:55 → ATL 08:36DL 3106 3h 14m Atlanta ATL 11:50 → SAN 13:08DL 540 9h 13m 100% 86%
DeltaDetails → IND 07:55 → SLC 09:26DL 2137 1h 44m Salt Lake City SLC 11:10 → SAN 12:08DL 1296 7h 13m 99% 85%
DeltaDetails → IND 05:55 → ATL 07:30DL 3105 2h 29m Atlanta ATL 09:59 → SAN 11:43DL 843 8h 48m 99% 85%
DeltaDetails → IND 10:07 → ATL 11:43DL 3125 3h 54m Atlanta ATL 15:37 → SAN 17:20DL 924 10h 13m 100% 85%
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