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Saturday, October 10 · typical odds for a Saturday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Sun 8:00 PM ET · 5 nonstops

Sat, Oct 10: DL 772 at 05:40 is the safest bet, 5% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 11–21%.

Safest bet that day DL 772 SFO 05:40 → DTW 13:09 · 5% chance 15+ min late · usually 93% on time Riskiest DL 805 SFO 14:17 → DTW 21:48 · 21% chance 15+ min late

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.

DL 772 Delta Flight history → SFO 05:40 DTW 13:09 5% 2% 0.5% 93%
UA 1286 United SFO 09:03 DTW 16:30 11% 3% 0.6% no record
DL 335 Delta Flight history → SFO 22:55 DTW 06:27 15% 5% 0.5% 74%
DL 361 Delta Flight history → SFO 11:55 DTW 19:26 18% 5% 0.5% 78%
DL 805 Delta SFO 14:17 DTW 21:48 21% 6% 0.5% no record

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →
DeltaDetails → SFO 05:50 → SLC 08:40DL 1331 1h 05m Salt Lake City SLC 09:45 → DTW 15:12DL 2236 6h 22m 96% 86%
UnitedDetails → SFO 05:00 → DEN 08:35UA 1479 1h 00m Denver DEN 09:35 → DTW 14:26UA 1915 6h 26m 94% 81%
DeltaDetails → SFO 09:51 → SLC 12:40DL 920 1h 10m Salt Lake City SLC 13:50 → DTW 19:15DL 2244 6h 24m 88% 74%
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