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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: DL 362 at 12:45 is the safest bet, 16% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 30%.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
DL 362 Delta Flight history → MSP 12:45 MSO 14:38 16% 4% 0.7% 86%
DL 2610 Delta Flight history → MSP 21:52 MSO 23:44 30% 8% 0.7% 76%

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

UnitedDetails → MSP 06:00 → ORD 07:44UA 307 1h 03m Chicago ORD 08:47 → MSO 11:26UA 2847 6h 26m 96% 80%
DeltaDetails → MSP 08:10 → SLC 09:59DL 2628 56m Salt Lake City SLC 10:55 → MSO 12:35DL 4112 · flown by SkyWest 5h 25m 88% 80%
DeltaDetails → MSP 18:13 → SLC 20:07DL 2607 2h 42m Salt Lake City SLC 22:49 → MSO 00:24 +1DL 1824 7h 11m 98% 76%
AlaskaDetails → MSP 14:56 → SEA 16:50AS 555 3h 40m Seattle SEA 20:30 → MSO 22:55AS 2154 · flown by Horizon 8h 59m 99% 75%
UnitedDetails → MSP 09:05 → DEN 10:21UA 1891 1h 03m Denver DEN 11:24 → MSO 13:36UA 2357 5h 31m 91% 72%
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