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Monday, October 12 · typical odds for a Monday (too early for a weather forecast) · issued Tue 12:00 AM ET · connections flying that day

Mon, Oct 12: Delta via Minneapolis, leaving 07:00, is the safest bet: 85% chance of reaching Seattle on time; the tightest one-ticket connections make it only 72% of the time.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
AS 625 Alaska Flight history → IND 07:04 SEA 08:52 18% 3% 0.8% 81%
AS 500 Alaska Flight history → IND 18:10 SEA 19:50 25% 7% 1.0% 71%

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 3 h behind Indianapolis). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for its 12-month details.

DeltaDetails → IND 07:00 → MSP 07:49DL 2757 3h 21m Minneapolis MSP 11:10 → SEA 13:00DL 889 9h 00m 98% 87%
DeltaDetails → IND 05:55 → ATL 07:30DL 3105 2h 20m Atlanta ATL 09:50 → SEA 12:13DL 774 9h 18m 99% 85%
DeltaDetails → IND 06:55 → ATL 08:36DL 3106 2h 41m Atlanta ATL 11:17 → SEA 13:26DL 629 9h 31m 99% 84%
UnitedDetails → IND 09:45 → IAD 11:33UA 3709 · flown by Republic 1h 39m Dulles IAD 13:12 → SEA 16:05UA 1824 9h 20m 98% 83%
DeltaDetails → IND 07:25 → AUS 09:03DL 4015 · flown by SkyWest 1h 18m Austin AUS 10:21 → SEA 12:39DL 1684 8h 14m 94% 81%
DeltaDetails → IND 12:18 → MSP 13:04DL 2456 1h 47m Minneapolis MSP 14:51 → SEA 16:33DL 877 7h 15m 98% 79%
UnitedDetails → IND 05:30 → ORD 05:57UA 3479 · flown by Republic 1h 03m Chicago ORD 07:00 → SEA 09:40UA 341 7h 10m 96% 79%
DeltaDetails → IND 06:45 → BOS 09:10DL 5631 · flown by Republic 2h 19m Boston BOS 11:29 → SEA 14:50DL 332 11h 05m 100% 78%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → IND 18:27 → SFO 20:23UA 2799 55m San Francisco SFO 21:18 → SEA 23:36UA 1007 8h 09m 72% 48%
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