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Connection · two tickets · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Dallas-Fort Worth → Long Beach via Sacramento: arrives on time 75%

  1. 12:24 DFW → 14:02 SMF
    AA 2634 · American · 3h 38m · 73% on time, 2.8% cancelled
  2. 2h 13m layover in Sacramento (SMF) · 90 min minimum on separate tickets
  3. 16:15 SMF → 17:40 LGB
    WN 2485 · Southwest · 1h 25m · 91% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 7h 16m, scheduled departure to arrival (Long Beach is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth). Times are local. Both flew on 32 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection84%The first flight arrived more than 43 minutes late on 16% of the days it flew: too late for the 90-minute minimum connection on a 2h 13m layover.
Arrives on time75%First flight not cancelled (2.8% are) × connection made (84%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (91%).
Total trip7h 16mDFW 12:24 to LGB 17:40, layover included

Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.