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Saturday, October 10 · typical odds for a Saturday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 12:00 AM ET · 3 nonstops

Sat, Oct 10 looks like a normal day here: all 3 nonstops are 13–21% likely to arrive 15+ min late.

Safest bet that day UA 1678 SFO 08:20 → DCA 16:47 · 13% chance 15+ min late · usually 90% on time Riskiest UA 2386 SFO 14:18 → DCA 22:30 · 21% chance 15+ min late · usually 71% on time

Every nonstop on Sat, Oct 10

12-month record →

Ranked by the chance of arriving 15+ minutes late (typical odds: the weather this date has had in past years), with each flight’s on-time record over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 beside it. Times are local. Pick a flight for its forecast. Click a column to sort.

UA 1678 United Flight history → SFO 08:20 DCA 16:47 13% 3% 0.6% 90%
AS 8 Alaska Flight history → SFO 09:39 DCA 17:59 17% 5% 0.6% 78%
UA 2386 United Flight history → SFO 14:18 DCA 22:30 21% 7% 0.6% 71%

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →
DeltaDetails → SFO 00:35 → MSP 06:09DL 2789 1h 27m Minneapolis MSP 07:36 → DCA 11:00DL 2958 7h 25m 97% 90%
DeltaDetails → SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:40DL 1331 1h 49m Salt Lake City SLC 10:29 → DCA 16:35DL 820 7h 45m 98% 84%
UnitedDetails → SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479 55m Denver DEN 09:30 → DCA 14:59UA 789 6h 59m 93% 81%
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