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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: AA 1734 at 08:36 is the safest bet, 23% chance of being 15+ min late; the others run 38%.

Nonstops that day

All 2 nonstops →
AA 1734 American PHX 08:36 MSN 13:52 23% 6% 2.7% no record
AA 1835 American Flight history → PHX 15:47 MSN 21:14 38% 12% 0.9% 74%worse than usual

Best connections that day, one ticket

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

UnitedDetails → PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337 1h 20m Denver DEN 10:12 → MSN 13:36UA 2368 5h 36m 98% 82%
DeltaDetails → PHX 05:45 → ATL 12:28DL 918 2h 48m Atlanta ATL 15:16 → MSN 16:25DL 2599 8h 40m 98% 74%
AmericanDetails → PHX 00:03 → DCA 07:31AA 1542 3h 03m Washington DCA 10:34 → MSN 12:05AA 5373 · flown by PSA 10h 02m 100% 71%
DeltaDetails → PHX 13:51 → MSP 19:00DL 2274 2h 59m Minneapolis MSP 21:59 → MSN 23:00DL 1599 7h 09m 95% 68%
AmericanDetails → PHX 05:00 → CLT 12:09AA 3009 2h 49m Charlotte CLT 14:58 → MSN 16:13AA 3125 9h 13m 99% 67%
DeltaDetails → PHX 13:15 → ATL 20:14DL 796 1h 18m Atlanta ATL 21:32 → MSN 22:38DL 2144 7h 23m 86% 65%
DeltaDetails → PHX 09:42 → MSP 14:45DL 1047 2h 12m Minneapolis MSP 16:57 → MSN 18:09DL 5331 · flown by Endeavor 6h 27m 97% 63%
UnitedDetails → PHX 13:15 → ORD 18:51UA 1842 2h 33m Chicago ORD 21:24 → MSN 22:25UA 1251 7h 10m 91% 61%
Tight connection: often missed
UnitedDetails → PHX 13:15 → ORD 18:51UA 1842 54m Chicago ORD 19:45 → MSN 20:46UA 630 5h 31m 47% 31%
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