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Saturday, October 10 · typical odds for a Saturday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 12:00 AM ET · connections flying that day

Sat, Oct 10: United via Denver, leaving 05:00, is the safest bet: 80% chance of reaching Fort Lauderdale on time.

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

UnitedDetails → ONT 05:00 → DEN 08:20UA 2446 1h 32m Denver DEN 09:52 → FLL 15:57UA 1214 7h 57m 98% 80%
DeltaDetails → ONT 06:00 → SLC 08:48DL 2708 57m Salt Lake City SLC 09:45 → FLL 16:28DL 745 7h 28m 94% 76%
DeltaDetails → ONT 06:20 → SEA 09:15DL 3816 · flown by SkyWest 3h 45m Seattle SEA 13:00 → FLL 21:52DL 338 12h 32m 100% 74%
UnitedDetails → ONT 13:18 → DEN 16:38UA 1263 1h 07m Denver DEN 17:45 → FLL 23:51UA 1374 7h 33m 88% 72%
DeltaDetails → ONT 12:00 → ATL 19:29DL 665 3h 16m Atlanta ATL 22:45 → FLL 00:39 +1DL 1229 9h 39m 99% 69%
AmericanDetails → ONT 06:11 → PHX 07:30AA 1194 1h 00m Phoenix PHX 08:30 → FLL 16:05AA 550 6h 54m 89% 67%
AmericanDetails → ONT 05:34 → DFW 10:41AA 1412 2h 03m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 12:44 → FLL 16:49AA 1373 8h 15m 97% 64%
AmericanDetails → ONT 10:23 → DFW 15:33AA 1820 3h 28m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 19:01 → FLL 23:07AA 1847 9h 44m 96% 59%
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