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Monday, October 12 · typical odds for a Monday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Tue 12:00 AM ET · 9 nonstops

Mon, Oct 12: DL 2869 at 06:00 is the safest bet, 5% chance of being 15+ min late; evening flights run 33–50%.

Safest bet that day DL 2869 DCA 06:00 → DTW 07:29 · 5% chance 15+ min late · usually 94% on time Riskiest OH 5269 DCA 20:51 → DTW 22:34 · 50% chance 15+ min late

Every nonstop on Mon, Oct 12

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 2869 Delta Flight history → DCA 06:00 DTW 07:29 5% 3% 1.2% 94%
AA 4616 American flown by Republic Flight history → DCA 10:45 DTW 12:32 13% 4% 1.0% 84%
DL 1558 Delta Flight history → DCA 09:39 DTW 11:09 15% 4% 1.0% 86%
DL 2476 Delta Flight history → DCA 12:23 DTW 14:00 16% 8% 1.1% 87%
AA 5660 American flown by PSA Flight history → DCA 07:27 DTW 09:09 18% 7% 1.8% 85%
DL 1454 Delta Flight history → DCA 17:29 DTW 19:15 33% 12% 1.7% 64%
DL 1683 Delta DCA 19:26 DTW 21:01 34% 17% 2.0% no record
OH 5371 PSA DCA 15:11 DTW 17:03 37% 15% 3.1% no record
OH 5269 PSA DCA 20:51 DTW 22:34 50% 22% 3.8% no record
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 Mon, Oct 12 (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