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Saturday, October 10 · typical odds for a Saturday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 8:00 PM ET · connections flying that day

Sat, Oct 10: Delta via Atlanta, leaving 05:55, is the safest bet: 83% chance of reaching Houston on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Houston on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Houston is 1 h behind Charleston). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → CHS 05:55 → ATL 07:07DL 3055 1h 23m Atlanta ATL 08:30 → HOU 09:34DL 1509 4h 39m 97% 83%
DeltaDetails → CHS 10:40 → ATL 11:53DL 3091 3h 19m Atlanta ATL 15:12 → HOU 16:22DL 2381 6h 42m 98% 78%
DeltaDetails → CHS 17:00 → ATL 18:19DL 1381 2h 26m Atlanta ATL 20:45 → HOU 21:51DL 2051 5h 51m 97% 73%
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 Sat, Oct 10 (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