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 3% of the time at 8 am and 31% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	LAX	CVG	4h 12m	85%	1.8%	337	Flying now
Allegiant	LAX	CVG	–	53%few flights	0.0%	17	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Hebron on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Hebron is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	1h 18m Denver	DEN 09:40 → CVG 14:27UA 1978	6h 27m	100%	92%
American Details →	LAX 20:52 → MIA 05:01AA 2942	3h 40m Miami	MIA 08:41 → CVG 11:34 +1AA 4121 · flown by Envoy	11h 42m	97%	92%
Southwest Details →	LAX 22:05 → MCO 06:00WN 2409	2h 30m Orlando	MCO 08:30 → CVG 10:40 +1WN 1249	9h 35m	100%	91%
American Details →	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24AA 2199	1h 42m Charlotte	CLT 07:06 → CVG 08:32 +1AA 2492	7h 51m	95%	89%
Delta Details →	LAX 05:35 → SLC 08:30DL 2906	1h 10m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:40 → CVG 15:08DL 2273	6h 33m	97%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 11:41 → SLC 14:30DL 1194	2h 55m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:25 → CVG 22:50DL 2291	8h 09m	99%	87%
American Details →	LAX 00:40 → ORD 07:06AA 2919	3h 24m Chicago	ORD 10:30 → CVG 13:01AA 4412 · flown by Republic	9h 21m	97%	87%
American Details →	LAX 22:45 → ORD 05:00AA 1009	2h 06m Chicago	ORD 07:06 → CVG 09:35 +1AA 3489 · flown by Envoy	7h 50m	92%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	LAX 23:15 → EWR 07:30UA 2303	54m Newark	EWR 08:24 → CVG 10:36 +1UA 3417 · flown by Republic	8h 21m	70%	55%
American Details →	LAX 11:40 → ORD 18:12AA 1050	1h 17m Chicago	ORD 19:29 → CVG 22:00AA 3690 · flown by Envoy	7h 20m	75%	52%
American Details →	LAX 10:14 → PHL 18:39AA 3164	1h 01m Philadelphia	PHL 19:40 → CVG 21:53AA 5583 · flown by PSA	8h 39m	75%	48%

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

IAH · 1h 13m · leaves 05:45 1%

SLC · 1h 10m · leaves 05:35 3%

ORD · 1h 10m · leaves 23:30 6%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 55m · leaves 10:45 31%

MDW · 1h 15m · leaves 11:45 35%

DFW · 54m · leaves 13:53 57%

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.


United UA 729 LAX 00:13 → ORD American AA 4412 ORD 10:30 → CVG Connection details →	3h 58m	9h 48m	100%	90%
Southwest WN 1571 LAX 17:00 → LAS Delta DL 2794 LAS 22:14 → CVG Connection details →	3h 59m	9h 00m	100%	90%
United UA 353 LAX 22:35 → ORD American AA 3489 ORD 07:06 → CVG Connection details →	2h 15m	8h 00m	94%	88%

Rank all connections, any airlines →

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