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Friday, October 9 · typical odds for a Friday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 4:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Fri, Oct 9: WN 370 at 05:30 is the safest bet, 4% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 21%.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
WN 370 Southwest Flight history → IND 05:30 FLL 08:10 4% 1% 0.7% 100%
G4 3485 Allegiant Flight history → IND 11:02 FLL 13:44 21% 8% 0.9% 95%worse than usual

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Fort Lauderdale on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

UnitedDetails → IND 05:35 → IAD 07:19UA 3997 · flown by Mesa 1h 01m Dulles IAD 08:20 → FLL 11:07UA 1825 5h 32m 97% 84%
SouthwestDetails → IND 05:40 → BWI 07:15WN 2113 2h 35m Baltimore BWI 09:50 → FLL 12:20WN 4785 6h 40m 100% 84%
AmericanDetails → IND 05:36 → ORD 06:00AA 4362 · flown by Republic 1h 00m Chicago ORD 07:00 → FLL 11:04AA 1851 5h 28m 97% 84%
DeltaDetails → IND 05:55 → ATL 07:30DL 3105 2h 55m Atlanta ATL 10:25 → FLL 12:23DL 1512 6h 28m 100% 83%
DeltaDetails → IND 07:00 → MSP 07:49DL 2757 1h 01m Minneapolis MSP 08:50 → FLL 13:25DL 673 6h 25m 94% 81%
DeltaDetails → IND 06:55 → ATL 08:36DL 3106 2h 49m Atlanta ATL 11:25 → FLL 13:20DL 2063 6h 25m 99% 81%
SouthwestDetails → IND 06:45 → MDW 06:55WN 2133 55m Chicago MDW 07:50 → FLL 11:55WN 4409 5h 10m 94% 80%
DeltaDetails → IND 08:05 → ATL 09:41DL 1901 2h 50m Atlanta ATL 12:31 → FLL 14:27DL 1341 6h 22m 99% 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 Fri, Oct 9 (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