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Friday, October 9 · typical odds for a Friday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 4:00 PM ET · 3 nonstops

Fri, Oct 9: WN 4456 at 06:30 is the safest bet, 3% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 11–26%.

Safest bet that day WN 4456 MCI 06:30 → HOU 08:35 · 3% chance 15+ min late · usually 96% on time Riskiest WN 2556 MCI 19:50 → HOU 21:55 · 26% chance 15+ min late · usually 57% on time

Every nonstop on Fri, Oct 9

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.

WN 4456 Southwest Flight history → MCI 06:30 HOU 08:35 3% 1% 1.3% 96%
WN 2555 Southwest Flight history → MCI 11:55 HOU 14:05 11% 3% 1.2% 84%
WN 2556 Southwest Flight history → MCI 19:50 HOU 21:55 26% 7% 0.7% 57%
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