Thursday, October 8 · typical odds for a Thursday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 12:00 PM ET · 5 nonstops

Thu, Oct 8 looks like a normal day here: all 4 nonstops are 8–18% likely to arrive 15+ min late.

Safest bet that day UA 203 IAD 08:20 → RDU 09:37 · 8% chance 15+ min late Riskiest UA 1322 IAD 18:45 → RDU 20:03 · 18% chance 15+ min late · usually 79% 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.


UA 203 United	IAD 08:20	RDU 09:37	8%	3%	0.6%	no record
YX 3492 Republic	IAD 12:52	RDU 14:12	10%	3%	0.7%	no record
DL 8954 Delta	IAD 14:02	RDU 15:13	11%	4%	0.8%	no record
UA 1322 United Flight history →	IAD 18:45	RDU 20:03	18%	6%	0.7%	79%
UA 4055 United flown by Mesa no forecast: 12-month record	IAD 12:50	RDU 14:08	20%	10%	0.0%	80%

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