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Sunday, October 11 · typical odds for a Sunday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Mon 12:00 AM ET · connections flying that day

Sun, Oct 11: UA 5221 at 08:00 is the safest bet, 14% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 38%.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
UA 5221 United flown by SkyWest Flight history → AMA 08:00 DEN 08:39 14% 6% 0.7% 88%
UA 4743 United flown by SkyWest Flight history → AMA 17:20 DEN 18:06 38% 22% 1.1% 68%

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Denver on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Denver is 1 h behind Amarillo). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

UnitedDetails → AMA 09:00 → IAH 10:52UA 4224 · flown by CommuteAir 1h 41m Houston IAH 12:33 → DEN 14:17UA 2168 6h 17m 96% 75%
AmericanDetails → AMA 05:01 → DFW 06:22AA 4257 · flown by Envoy 2h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 08:35 → DEN 09:42AA 1756 5h 41m 99% 74%
AmericanDetails → AMA 07:19 → DFW 08:40AA 4258 · flown by Envoy 2h 01m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 10:41 → DEN 11:46AA 2359 5h 27m 100% 71%
AmericanDetails → AMA 10:15 → DFW 11:36AA 3920 · flown by Envoy 1h 41m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13:17 → DEN 14:21AA 420 5h 06m 96% 61%
UnitedDetails → AMA 15:18 → IAH 17:10UA 4816 · flown by CommuteAir 1h 09m Houston IAH 18:19 → DEN 20:14UA 1654 5h 56m 88% 58%
AmericanDetails → AMA 18:55 → DFW 20:16AA 3789 · flown by Envoy 2h 38m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:54 → DEN 00:07 +1AA 1722 6h 12m 97% 55%
AmericanDetails → AMA 15:10 → DFW 16:39AA 3383 · flown by Envoy 3h 50m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 20:29 → DEN 21:32AA 577 7h 22m 97% 43%
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 Sun, Oct 11 (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