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 8% of the time at 11 am and barely half the time at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHX	MEM	3h 04m	75%	1.4%	355	Flying now
Southwest	PHX	MEM	2h 55m	77%	0.8%	126	Not flying now
Delta	PHX	MEM	–	100%few flights	0.0%	1	Not flying now
Frontier	PHX	MEM	–	75%few flights	0.0%	4	Not flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	PHX 06:00 → DEN 08:52UA 337	2h 13m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	6h 26m	99%	91%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:04 → DTW 05:46DL 1566	2h 59m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41 +1DL 3137	8h 40m	98%	90%
Delta Details →	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39DL 929	2h 31m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → MEM 09:27 +1DL 2071	7h 31m	99%	87%
American Details →	PHX 23:35 → CLT 06:35AA 849	2h 35m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00 +1AA 2110	8h 25m	97%	86%
American Details →	PHX 00:50 → ORD 06:25AA 1148	1h 41m Chicago	ORD 08:06 → MEM 10:00AA 3683 · flown by Envoy	7h 10m	92%	82%
American Details →	PHX 05:10 → DFW 09:45AA 1655	2h 52m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 12:37 → MEM 14:16AA 3676 · flown by Envoy	7h 06m	98%	81%
Delta Details →	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23DL 1447	1h 17m Salt Lake City	SLC 13:40 → MEM 17:43DL 2515	5h 58m	97%	80%
American Details →	PHX 07:30 → DFW 12:06AA 1139	3h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 15:10 → MEM 16:49AA 3678 · flown by Envoy	7h 19m	99%	80%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	PHX 10:21 → ATL 17:00DL 348	53m Atlanta	ATL 17:53 → MEM 18:18DL 2939	5h 57m	74%	57%
United Details →	PHX 14:45 → ORD 20:27UA 1686	53m Chicago	ORD 21:20 → MEM 23:21UA 2317	6h 36m	49%	28%
American Details →	PHX 15:15 → DFW 19:53AA 2113	55m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:48 → MEM 22:21AA 3262	5h 06m	49%	20%

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 03m · leaves 06:10 8%

DCA · 1h 09m · leaves 23:52 10%

ORD · 56m · leaves 05:14 11%

Afternoon and evening

ORD · 53m · leaves 14:45 51%

DFW · 55m · leaves 15:15 51%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 15:25 65%

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 1706 PHX 06:15 → DEN United UA 1112 DEN 11:05 → MEM Connection details →	2h 05m	6h 11m	100%	92%
Southwest WN 3339 PHX 07:45 → SLC Delta DL 2515 SLC 13:40 → MEM Connection details →	3h 15m	7h 58m	100%	84%
United UA 597 PHX 09:08 → DEN Frontier F9 4626 DEN 15:43 → MEM Connection details →	3h 43m	7h 55m	99%	83%

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