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

Reno → Salt Lake City via San Francisco: arrives on time 33%

  1. 11:38 RNO → 13:03 SFO
    UA 5899 · United, flown by SkyWest · 1h 25m · 57% on time, 1.6% cancelled
  2. 53m layover in San Francisco (SFO) · 45 min minimum on one ticket
  3. 13:56 SFO → 16:55 SLC
    UA 2017 · United · 1h 59m · 67% on time, 0.0% cancelled

Total trip 4h 17m, scheduled departure to arrival (Salt Lake City is 1 h ahead of Reno). Times are local. Both flew on 51 of the last 56 days.

Makes the connection49%The first flight arrived more than 8 minutes late on 51% of the days it flew: too late for the 45-minute minimum connection on a 53m layover.
Arrives on time33%First flight not cancelled (1.6% are) × connection made (49%) × second flight not cancelled (0.0% are) and within 15 minutes (67%).
Total trip4h 17mRNO 11:38 to SLC 16:55, 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.