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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: United via Bush, leaving 07:30, is the safest bet: 78% chance of reaching San Diego on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

UnitedDetails → COS 07:30 → IAH 11:03UA 4029 · flown by Mesa 3h 27m Houston IAH 14:30 → SAN 15:48UA 1114 9h 18m 100% 78%
DeltaDetails → COS 18:16 → SLC 20:09DL 4449 · flown by SkyWest 1h 06m Salt Lake City SLC 21:15 → SAN 22:15DL 1202 4h 59m 93% 78%
UnitedDetails → COS 09:20 → DEN 10:33UA 5634 · flown by SkyWest 2h 57m Denver DEN 13:30 → SAN 14:55UA 1302 6h 35m 98% 76%
UnitedDetails → COS 07:12 → DEN 08:02UA 4696 · flown by SkyWest 3h 13m Denver DEN 11:15 → SAN 12:41UA 1940 6h 29m 99% 76%
UnitedDetails → COS 11:31 → DEN 12:45UA 4675 · flown by SkyWest 3h 10m Denver DEN 15:55 → SAN 17:20UA 1281 6h 49m 99% 75%
UnitedDetails → COS 12:06 → IAH 15:35UA 4030 · flown by Mesa 51m Houston IAH 16:26 → SAN 17:54UA 2798 6h 48m 79% 60%
DeltaDetails → COS 13:40 → ATL 18:44DL 2427 1h 07m Atlanta ATL 19:51 → SAN 21:25DL 819 8h 45m 83% 58%
UnitedDetails → COS 17:07 → DEN 18:20UA 4719 · flown by SkyWest 1h 00m Denver DEN 19:20 → SAN 20:46UA 540 4h 39m 79% 58%
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