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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: Delta via Detroit, leaving 05:30, is the safest bet: 78% chance of reaching New York on time; the tightest one-ticket connections make it only 54% of the time.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
B6 1382 JetBlue Flight history → IAH 11:53 JFK 16:33 32% 11% 1.0% 50%
B6 282 JetBlue Flight history → IAH 18:17 JFK 23:00 49% 16% 1.2% 45%

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

DeltaDetails → IAH 05:40 → ATL 08:50DL 1069 2h 15m Atlanta ATL 11:05 → JFK 13:20DL 2380 6h 40m 98% 82%
DeltaDetails → IAH 06:30 → MSP 09:13DL 1050 3h 41m Minneapolis MSP 12:54 → JFK 17:00DL 2661 9h 30m 98% 80%
DeltaDetails → IAH 07:00 → ATL 10:04DL 1315 3h 51m Atlanta ATL 13:55 → JFK 16:29DL 1575 8h 29m 99% 79%
DeltaDetails → IAH 05:30 → DTW 09:18DL 1389 56m Detroit DTW 10:14 → JFK 11:58DL 2751 5h 28m 89% 78%
DeltaDetails → IAH 12:09 → ATL 15:21DL 1682 3h 24m Atlanta ATL 18:45 → JFK 21:29DL 2398 8h 20m 99% 73%
AmericanDetails → IAH 06:02 → DFW 07:28AA 700 2h 22m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 09:50 → JFK 14:34AA 1766 7h 32m 94% 70%
AmericanDetails → IAH 06:01 → CLT 09:43AA 2011 1h 48m Charlotte CLT 11:31 → JFK 13:22AA 374 6h 21m 95% 69%
AmericanDetails → IAH 08:54 → DFW 10:07AA 3598 · flown by Envoy 3h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13:11 → JFK 17:47AA 1058 7h 53m 94% 65%
Tight connection: often missed
DeltaDetails → IAH 14:38 → ATL 17:54DL 1572 51m Atlanta ATL 18:45 → JFK 21:29DL 2398 5h 51m 70% 51%
JetBlueDetails → IAH 10:58 → BOS 15:45B6 932 1h 10m Boston BOS 16:55 → JFK 18:15B6 317 6h 17m 71% 45%
DeltaDetails → IAH 18:34 → ATL 21:54DL 1223 46m Atlanta ATL 22:40 → JFK 00:51 +1DL 1632 5h 17m 54% 38%
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