Sun, Oct 4 has passed, so this is the 12-month record.

Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 4% of the time at 10 am and 30% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	AUS	SNA	3h 20m	70%	0.0%	352	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Santa Ana on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Santa Ana is 2 h behind Austin). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	AUS 05:45 → DEN 07:00WN 282	50m Denver	DEN 07:50 → SNA 09:15WN 1745	5h 30m	95%	89%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	2h 57m Houston	IAH 09:30 → SNA 10:59UA 1383	7h 29m	99%	88%
Southwest Details →	AUS 16:05 → SMF 17:40WN 406	3h 05m Sacramento	SMF 20:45 → SNA 22:15WN 3837	8h 12m	91%	84%
United Details →	AUS 08:30 → DEN 09:49UA 595	3h 36m Denver	DEN 13:25 → SNA 14:56UA 1707	8h 26m	99%	84%
Southwest Details →	AUS 05:50 → LAS 06:35WN 321	2h 40m Las Vegas	LAS 09:15 → SNA 10:25WN 187	6h 35m	100%	84%
Alaska Details →	AUS 07:15 → PDX 09:25AS 541	1h 13m Portland	PDX 10:38 → SNA 13:15AS 588	8h 00m	94%	84%
American Details →	AUS 05:01 → DFW 06:12AA 2563	2h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 08:25 → SNA 09:33AA 2680	6h 32m	98%	83%
Southwest Details →	AUS 06:40 → PHX 07:00WN 374	2h 55m Phoenix	PHX 09:55 → SNA 11:15WN 3001	6h 35m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	AUS 15:37 → ORD 18:39UA 1625	1h 06m Chicago	ORD 19:45 → SNA 22:19UA 308	8h 42m	73%	60%
American Details →	AUS 12:40 → DFW 13:54AA 1402	2h 30m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 16:24 → SNA 17:37AA 2668	6h 57m	69%	45%
American Details →	AUS 16:55 → DFW 18:11AA 3400 · flown by Envoy	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:15 → SNA 20:22AA 806	5h 27m	68%	43%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 06:40 2%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 06:25 4%

DEN · 50m · leaves 05:45 5%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 02m · leaves 18:04 30%

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 16:55 32%

PHX · 1h 10m · leaves 19:35 44%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.


Southwest WN 321 AUS 05:50 → LAS Delta DL 4078 LAS 08:45 → SNA Connection details →	2h 10m	6h 14m	100%	88%
Frontier F9 1815 AUS 06:30 → DEN United UA 1320 DEN 11:20 → SNA Connection details →	3h 31m	8h 21m	98%	86%
American AA 455 AUS 06:16 → PHX Southwest WN 3001 PHX 09:55 → SNA Connection details →	3h 15m	6h 59m	96%	80%

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Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON