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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: UA 5220 at 08:10 is the safest bet, 13% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 24–32%.

Safest bet that day UA 5220 SFO 08:10 → SMF 09:18 · 13% chance 15+ min late · usually 83% on time Riskiest UA 1862 SFO 18:36 → SMF 19:24 · 32% 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.

UA 5220 United flown by SkyWest Flight history → SFO 08:10 SMF 09:18 13% 4% 0.8% 83%
OO 4790 SkyWest SFO 12:15 SMF 13:16 24% 8% 0.8% no record
UA 1862 United SFO 18:36 SMF 19:24 32% 9% 0.6% no record
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