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 10 am and 1 time in 4 at 9 pm.

Best connections, one ticket

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


Delta Details →	SNA 17:13 → SEA 20:14DL 3999 · flown by SkyWest	3h 01m Seattle	SEA 23:15 → MCO 07:42 +1DL 448	11h 29m	100%	84%
Southwest Details →	SNA 19:00 → LAS 20:10WN 2477	2h 40m Las Vegas	LAS 22:50 → MCO 06:25 +1WN 4590	8h 25m	100%	83%
Delta Details →	SNA 17:03 → SLC 19:59DL 1277	3h 37m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:36 → MCO 06:00 +1DL 2069	9h 57m	100%	82%
United Details →	SNA 21:15 → EWR 05:33UA 2186	57m Newark	EWR 06:30 → MCO 09:16 +1UA 788	9h 01m	89%	80%
Southwest Details →	SNA 18:30 → PHX 19:50WN 3088	3h 15m Phoenix	PHX 23:05 → MCO 06:20 +1WN 4508	8h 50m	100%	79%
Alaska Details →	SNA 17:32 → SEA 20:20AS 774	1h 13m Seattle	SEA 21:33 → MCO 06:16 +1AS 394	9h 44m	91%	79%
United Details →	SNA 07:45 → IAH 13:07UA 700	1h 29m Houston	IAH 14:36 → MCO 18:14UA 496	7h 29m	97%	78%
Delta Details →	SNA 07:15 → SLC 10:15DL 1185	1h 08m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:23 → MCO 18:01DL 2024	7h 46m	92%	75%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	SNA 19:32 → PHX 20:57AA 2685	54m Phoenix	PHX 21:51 → MCO 05:00 +1AA 563	6h 28m	67%	49%
American Details →	SNA 11:31 → ORD 17:55AA 2679	50m Chicago	ORD 18:45 → MCO 22:40AA 3176	8h 09m	68%	34%
American Details →	SNA 14:24 → DFW 19:44AA 2684	51m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:35 → MCO 00:21 +1AA 1336	6h 57m	61%	30%

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

SLC · 1h 08m · leaves 07:15 8%

EWR · 57m · leaves 21:15 11%

Afternoon and evening

PHX · 54m · leaves 19:32 33%

DFW · 51m · leaves 14:24 39%

DEN · 47m · leaves 19:50 52%

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.


Alaska AS 774 SNA 17:32 → SEA Delta DL 448 SEA 23:15 → MCO Connection details →	2h 55m	11h 10m	99%	83%
Delta DL 4078 SNA 10:45 → LAS JetBlue B6 2832 LAS 14:55 → MCO Connection details →	2h 53m	8h 51m	96%	83%
Southwest WN 187 SNA 10:55 → DEN United UA 259 DEN 17:52 → MCO Connection details →	3h 42m	9h 46m	100%	78%

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