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 looks like a normal day here: all 3 nonstops are 4–12% likely to arrive 15+ min late.

Safest bet that day DL 2497 SAT 05:15 → DTW 09:20 · 4% chance 15+ min late · usually 95% on time Riskiest DL 2598 SAT 16:00 → DTW 20:09 · 12% chance 15+ min late · usually 85% 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.


DL 2497 Delta Flight history →	SAT 05:15	DTW 09:20	4%	3%	0.6%	95%
DL 788 Delta Flight history →	SAT 11:29	DTW 15:35	7%	3%	0.6%	89%
DL 2598 Delta Flight history →	SAT 16:00	DTW 20:09	12%	4%	0.6%	85%

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