Connection · one ticket · schedule Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 · records Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Los Angeles → Denver via Portland: arrives on time 43%

  1. 11:23 LAX → 13:44 PDX
    AS 1355 · Alaska · 2h 21m · 84% on time, 1.1% cancelled
  2. 46m layover in Portland (PDX) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 14:30 PDX → 18:09 DEN
    AS 1809 · Alaska · 2h 39m · 67% on time, 1.9% cancelled

Total trip 5h 46m, scheduled departure to arrival (Denver is 1 h ahead of Los Angeles). Times are local. Both flew on 45 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection67%The first flight arrived more than 1 minutes late on 33% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 46m layover.
Arrives on time43%First flight not cancelled (1.1% are) × connection made (67%) × second flight not cancelled (1.9% are) and within 15 minutes (67%).
Total trip5h 46mLAX 11:23 to DEN 18:09, layover included

Tight connection: often missed. The first flight is late enough to miss it on more than 1 day in 4.

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