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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: United via Denver, leaving 08:04, is the safest bet: 67% chance of reaching Seattle on time; the tightest one-ticket connections make it only 52% of the time.

Nonstops that day

All 1 nonstop →
AS 569 Alaska Flight history → MSY 17:19 SEA 20:25 36% 9% 1.3% 72%

Best connections that day, one ticket

Ranked by chance you reach Seattle on time, from each leg’s forecast for the day. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival (Seattle is 2 h behind New Orleans). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → MSY 05:20 → ATL 07:51DL 1547 1h 59m Atlanta ATL 09:50 → SEA 12:13DL 774 8h 53m 98% 83%
DeltaDetails → MSY 06:20 → ATL 08:57DL 1534 3h 36m Atlanta ATL 12:33 → SEA 14:50DL 629 10h 30m 100% 81%
UnitedDetails → MSY 08:00 → IAD 11:33UA 1392 1h 27m Dulles IAD 13:00 → SEA 15:32UA 1824 9h 32m 95% 79%
DeltaDetails → MSY 16:30 → MSP 19:15DL 2695 2h 53m Minneapolis MSP 22:08 → SEA 23:58DL 505 9h 28m 98% 75%
DeltaDetails → MSY 09:13 → ATL 11:43DL 3128 2h 55m Atlanta ATL 14:38 → SEA 16:49DL 481 9h 36m 98% 73%
DeltaDetails → MSY 11:19 → DTW 14:48DL 2790 1h 58m Detroit DTW 16:46 → SEA 18:42DL 944 9h 23m 97% 73%
DeltaDetails → MSY 08:03 → LAX 10:00DL 2085 2h 09m Los Angeles LAX 12:09 → SEA 14:55DL 1045 8h 52m 97% 72%
DeltaDetails → MSY 10:34 → ATL 13:05DL 1424 3h 40m Atlanta ATL 16:45 → SEA 19:05DL 472 10h 31m 98% 71%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → MSY 19:38 → DFW 21:17AA 2291 1h 24m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:41 → SEA 00:57 +1AA 1487 7h 19m 67% 36%
UnitedDetails → MSY 17:59 → DEN 20:21UA 2216 49m Denver DEN 21:10 → SEA 23:10UA 2651 7h 11m 52% 29%
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