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Thursday, October 8 · typical odds for a Thursday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 12:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Thu, Oct 8: Delta via Atlanta, leaving 06:00, is the safest bet: 88% chance of reaching San Jose on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

DeltaDetails → LGA 06:00 → ATL 08:23DL 550 1h 20m Atlanta ATL 09:43 → SJC 11:30DL 809 8h 30m 98% 88%
DeltaDetails → LGA 06:00 → MSP 07:53DL 2510 2h 12m Minneapolis MSP 10:05 → SJC 12:01DL 2383 9h 01m 98% 87%
DeltaDetails → LGA 10:59 → ATL 13:20DL 993 3h 39m Atlanta ATL 16:59 → SJC 18:52DL 2136 10h 53m 99% 86%
DeltaDetails → LGA 15:00 → ATL 18:02DL 974 2h 57m Atlanta ATL 20:59 → SJC 22:49DL 933 10h 49m 96% 84%
UnitedDetails → LGA 06:10 → ORD 07:49UA 2389 1h 52m Chicago ORD 09:41 → SJC 12:25UA 307 9h 15m 99% 84%
AmericanDetails → LGA 06:30 → DFW 09:23AA 1597 2h 35m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 11:58 → SJC 13:56AA 2834 10h 26m 99% 82%
UnitedDetails → LGA 10:00 → DEN 12:20UA 716 3h 35m Denver DEN 15:55 → SJC 17:35UA 1883 10h 35m 95% 78%
DeltaDetails → LGA 14:55 → MSP 17:06DL 2349 1h 24m Minneapolis MSP 18:30 → SJC 20:35DL 2087 8h 40m 89% 75%
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