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Sunday, October 11 · typical odds for a Sunday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Mon 12:00 AM ET · 3 nonstops

Sun, Oct 11: DL 904 at 09:16 is the safest bet, 14% chance of being 15+ min late; evening flights run 32–33%.

Safest bet that day DL 904 ATL 09:16 → SMF 11:00 · 14% chance 15+ min late · usually 88% on time Riskiest DL 743 ATL 17:59 → SMF 19:53 · 33% chance 15+ min late · usually 77% on time

Every nonstop on Sun, Oct 11

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 904 Delta Flight history → ATL 09:16 SMF 11:00 14% 3% 0.7% 88%
DL 682 Delta Flight history → ATL 20:59 SMF 22:53 32% 5% 0.7% 82%worse than usual
DL 743 Delta Flight history → ATL 17:59 SMF 19:53 33% 5% 0.7% 77%

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →
DeltaDetails → ATL 08:15 → SLC 10:14DL 830 1h 21m Salt Lake City SLC 11:35 → SMF 12:16DL 1423 7h 01m 92% 76%
AmericanDetails → ATL 06:01 → DFW 07:33AA 2770 50m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 08:23 → SMF 10:06AA 2081 7h 05m 90% 69%
UnitedDetails → ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327 1h 07m Denver DEN 13:35 → SMF 15:10UA 662 7h 00m 89% 63%
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