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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: 86% chance of reaching Atlanta on time.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
DL 654 Delta Flight history → SJC 06:35 ATL 14:15 5% 2% 0.8% 94%
DL 809 Delta Flight history → SJC 12:40 ATL 20:29 9% 3% 0.7% 91%

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

DeltaDetails → SJC 17:01 → SLC 19:54DL 1260 3h 41m Salt Lake City SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:14 +1DL 912 9h 13m 98% 88%
DeltaDetails → SJC 17:55 → SEA 20:13DL 3897 · flown by SkyWest 3h 01m Seattle SEA 23:14 → ATL 07:12 +1DL 567 10h 17m 100% 88%
DeltaDetails → SJC 06:00 → SLC 08:55DL 1314 1h 00m Salt Lake City SLC 09:55 → ATL 15:39DL 835 6h 39m 97% 86%
DeltaDetails → SJC 09:45 → SLC 12:41DL 4026 · flown by SkyWest 2h 50m Salt Lake City SLC 15:31 → ATL 21:25DL 875 8h 40m 98% 86%
DeltaDetails → SJC 07:20 → SEA 09:42DL 4041 · flown by SkyWest 3h 53m Seattle SEA 13:35 → ATL 21:47DL 542 11h 27m 99% 83%
DeltaDetails → SJC 06:20 → MSP 11:59DL 2156 2h 32m Minneapolis MSP 14:31 → ATL 17:55DL 1048 8h 35m 98% 83%
AlaskaDetails → SJC 10:19 → SEA 12:30AS 1311 3h 35m Seattle SEA 16:05 → ATL 23:59AS 727 10h 40m 100% 82%
AmericanDetails → SJC 06:01 → DFW 11:46AA 1019 1h 41m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13:27 → ATL 16:48AA 2398 7h 47m 98% 77%
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