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Wednesday, October 7 · typical odds for a Wednesday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sat 12:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Wed, Oct 7: Delta via Salt Lake City, leaving 06:00, is the safest bet: 93% chance of reaching Burbank on time.

Nonstops that day

All 1 nonstop →
B6 358 JetBlue Flight history → JFK 17:17 BUR 20:35 21% 9% 2.3% 71%

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

DeltaDetails → JFK 06:00 → SLC 09:03DL 892 1h 42m Salt Lake City SLC 10:45 → BUR 11:54DL 3933 · flown by SkyWest 8h 54m 99% 93%
AlaskaDetails → JFK 09:59 → PDX 12:41AS 19 2h 14m Portland PDX 14:55 → BUR 17:13AS 1386 10h 14m 97% 85%
DeltaDetails → JFK 07:49 → ATL 10:18DL 2286 1h 01m Atlanta ATL 11:19 → BUR 12:55DL 483 8h 06m 92% 78%
AlaskaDetails → JFK 07:00 → SEA 10:16AS 21 3h 40m Seattle SEA 13:56 → BUR 16:23AS 529 12h 23m 99% 75%
DeltaDetails → JFK 16:27 → SLC 19:55DL 887 55m Salt Lake City SLC 20:50 → BUR 21:48DL 339 8h 21m 81% 70%
AmericanDetails → JFK 14:42 → DFW 17:44AA 1953 3h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 20:46 → BUR 21:58AA 2597 10h 16m 97% 69%
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