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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 15:13, is the safest bet: 77% chance of reaching Santa Ana on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Ana on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Santa Ana is 3 h behind Orlando). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

UnitedDetails → MCO 15:13 → IAH 17:03UA 2456 2h 58m Houston IAH 20:01 → SNA 21:31UA 326 9h 18m 96% 77%
UnitedDetails → MCO 10:00 → DEN 12:00UA 1022 1h 25m Denver DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707 7h 56m 95% 77%
UnitedDetails → MCO 12:31 → IAD 14:56UA 1757 2h 54m Dulles IAD 17:50 → SNA 20:40UA 2319 11h 09m 97% 75%
UnitedDetails → MCO 07:00 → IAH 08:35UA 468 3h 52m Houston IAH 12:27 → SNA 13:56UA 1533 9h 56m 100% 74%
DeltaDetails → MCO 12:22 → MSP 14:56DL 1730 3h 32m Minneapolis MSP 18:28 → SNA 20:20DL 2107 10h 58m 100% 74%
AmericanDetails → MCO 08:24 → DFW 10:24AA 2961 2h 02m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 12:26 → SNA 13:42AA 2465 8h 18m 100% 73%
DeltaDetails → MCO 07:05 → ATL 08:43DL 2080 2h 17m Atlanta ATL 11:00 → SNA 12:31DL 329 8h 26m 98% 72%
DeltaDetails → MCO 15:41 → ATL 17:17DL 1576 3h 42m Atlanta ATL 20:59 → SNA 22:25DL 826 9h 44m 96% 71%
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