Wednesday, October 7 · our forecast odds · issued Mon 4:00 AM ET · 5 nonstops

Wed, Oct 7: DL 812 at 05:30 is the safest bet, 5% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 13–16%.

Safest bet that day DL 812 SEA 05:30 → DTW 12:42 · 5% chance 15+ min late · usually 92% on time Riskiest AS 313 SEA 09:18 → DTW 16:33 · 16% chance 15+ min late · usually 85% on time

Against a calm day 13% average chance a nonstop arrives 15+ min late; 10% for the same flights on a calm-weather day

Every nonstop on Wed, Oct 7

12-month record →

Ranked by the chance of arriving 15+ minutes late, 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.


DL 812 Delta Flight history →	SEA 05:30	DTW 12:42	5%	2%	0.6%	92%
DL 2324 Delta Flight history →	SEA 09:45	DTW 17:04	13%	3%	0.6%	90%
DL 533 Delta Flight history →	SEA 14:30	DTW 21:49	14%	2%	0.6%	86%
DL 1706 Delta Flight history →	SEA 11:20	DTW 18:37	15%	3%	0.6%	79%
AS 313 Alaska Flight history →	SEA 09:18	DTW 16:33	16%	2%	0.6%	85%

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →


Delta Details →	SEA 00:03 → MSP 05:11DL 953	53m Minneapolis	MSP 06:04 → DTW 08:47DL 1461	5h 44m	90%	86%
American Details →	SEA 00:22 → ORD 06:17AA 379	1h 02m Chicago	ORD 07:19 → DTW 09:37AA 6255 · flown by SkyWest	6h 15m	92%	83%

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