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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 06:00, is the safest bet: 84% chance of reaching Charleston on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

DeltaDetails → HOU 06:00 → ATL 09:05DL 2557 3h 26m Atlanta ATL 12:31 → CHS 13:43DL 2179 6h 43m 99% 84%
DeltaDetails → HOU 11:00 → ATL 14:04DL 1509 1h 56m Atlanta ATL 16:00 → CHS 17:19DL 2174 5h 19m 95% 79%
SouthwestDetails → HOU 10:33 → DAL 11:55WN 18 2h 33m Dallas DAL 14:28 → CHS 18:05WN 1801 6h 32m 97% 71%
DeltaDetails → HOU 17:17 → ATL 20:35DL 2381 2h 04m Atlanta ATL 22:39 → CHS 23:53DL 2850 5h 36m 92% 70%
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