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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: UA 2186 at 21:15 is the safest bet, 12% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 20–39%.

Safest bet that day UA 2186 SNA 21:15 → EWR 05:33 · 12% chance 15+ min late · usually 90% on time Riskiest UA 1559 SNA 12:29 → EWR 20:56 · 39% chance 15+ min late · usually 64% 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.

UA 2186 United Flight history → SNA 21:15 EWR 05:33 12% 4% 1.3% 90%
UA 661 United Flight history → SNA 07:47 EWR 16:01 20% 6% 1.1% 91%worse than usual
UA 1559 United Flight history → SNA 12:29 EWR 20:56 39% 17% 1.1% 64%

Alternatives with one stop that day

All connections →
UnitedDetails → SNA 08:45 → DEN 12:09UA 489 1h 32m Denver DEN 13:41 → EWR 19:35UA 1505 7h 50m 93% 52%
AmericanDetails → SNA 08:46 → DFW 13:56AA 2596 49m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 14:45 → EWR 19:30AA 2861 7h 44m 77% 39%
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