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Wednesday, October 7 · our forecast odds · issued Tue 12:00 AM ET · connections flying that day

Tomorrow: Delta via Detroit, leaving 05:59, is the safest bet: 92% chance of reaching Los Angeles on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Los Angeles on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Los Angeles is 2 h behind Memphis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → MEM 05:59 → DTW 08:58DL 2370 3h 52m Detroit DTW 12:50 → LAX 14:35DL 634 10h 36m 99% 92%
DeltaDetails → MEM 07:11 → ATL 09:40DL 1624 3h 00m Atlanta ATL 12:40 → LAX 14:12DL 895 9h 01m 99% 92%
DeltaDetails → MEM 09:27 → ATL 11:46DL 1149 2h 59m Atlanta ATL 14:45 → LAX 16:17DL 753 8h 50m 99% 91%
DeltaDetails → MEM 06:00 → MSP 08:14DL 3899 · flown by SkyWest 3h 16m Minneapolis MSP 11:30 → LAX 13:23DL 2119 9h 23m 98% 90%
DeltaDetails → MEM 05:59 → ATL 08:28DL 1666 1h 57m Atlanta ATL 10:25 → LAX 11:55DL 501 7h 56m 99% 89%
AmericanDetails → MEM 06:46 → CLT 09:41AA 978 3h 40m Charlotte CLT 13:21 → LAX 15:18AA 352 10h 32m 99% 89%
DeltaDetails → MEM 10:36 → ATL 12:54DL 2071 2h 45m Atlanta ATL 15:39 → LAX 17:21DL 301 8h 45m 99% 89%
DeltaDetails → MEM 11:45 → ATL 14:15DL 82 3h 43m Atlanta ATL 17:58 → LAX 19:30DL 500 9h 45m 100% 89%
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