Thursday, October 8 · typical odds for a Thursday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 12:00 PM ET · 3 nonstops

Thu, Oct 8 looks like a normal day here: all 2 nonstops are 6–15% likely to arrive 15+ min late.

Safest bet that day DL 3006 BHM 06:25 → DTW 09:27 · 6% chance 15+ min late · usually 95% on time Riskiest DL 3685 BHM 10:16 → DTW 13:20 · 15% chance 15+ min late · usually 80% on time

Every nonstop on Thu, Oct 8

12-month record →

Ranked by the chance of arriving 15+ minutes late (typical odds: the weather this date has had in past years), 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. Dimmed: airlines we don’t forecast yet, shown with their 12-month record if they usually fly that weekday.


DL 3006 Delta Flight history →	BHM 06:25	DTW 09:27	6%	3%	0.6%	95%
DL 3685 Delta flown by SkyWest Flight history →	BHM 10:16	DTW 13:20	15%	5%	0.7%	80%
DL 4990 Delta flown by Endeavor no forecast: 12-month record	BHM 17:41	DTW 20:54	44%	19%	1.7%	56%

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 Thu, Oct 8 (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