Mon, Oct 5 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 6% of the time at 6 am and 27% of the time at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	LAX	MEM	3h 43m	68%	1.2%	256	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 Los Angeles). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	LAX 05:00 → DEN 08:22UA 1010	2h 43m Denver	DEN 11:05 → MEM 14:26UA 1112	7h 26m	100%	92%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:20 → DTW 05:43DL 407	3h 02m Detroit	DTW 08:45 → MEM 09:41 +1DL 3137	9h 24m	99%	92%
Southwest Details →	LAX 23:00 → BNA 05:00WN 2382	3h 00m Nashville	BNA 08:00 → MEM 09:05 +1WN 579	8h 05m	100%	88%
American Details →	LAX 21:41 → CLT 05:24AA 2199	3h 46m Charlotte	CLT 09:10 → MEM 10:00 +1AA 2110	10h 19m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	LAX 22:45 → ATL 06:07DL 899	3h 03m Atlanta	ATL 09:10 → MEM 09:27 +1DL 2071	8h 45m	98%	86%
American Details →	LAX 22:45 → ORD 05:00AA 1009	3h 06m Chicago	ORD 08:06 → MEM 10:00 +1AA 3683 · flown by Envoy	9h 15m	95%	85%
Delta Details →	LAX 21:45 → ATL 05:01DL 783	2h 24m Atlanta	ATL 07:25 → MEM 07:47 +1DL 5247 · flown by Endeavor	8h 02m	98%	85%
Delta Details →	LAX 23:58 → ATL 07:25DL 320	2h 45m Atlanta	ATL 10:10 → MEM 10:37 +1DL 2937	8h 39m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	LAX 13:58 → CLT 21:55AA 1988	55m Charlotte	CLT 22:50 → MEM 23:38AA 2392	7h 41m	68%	42%
American Details →	LAX 13:53 → DFW 19:14AA 2041	1h 34m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:48 → MEM 22:21AA 3262	6h 28m	70%	28%
American Details →	LAX 16:16 → DFW 21:33AA 2024	57m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 22:30 → MEM 18:30 +1AA 1646	5h 47m	51%	19%

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

ORD · 1h 13m · leaves 05:10 2%

DEN · 1h 10m · leaves 05:55 2%

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 00:51 6%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 57m · leaves 16:16 49%

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 14:45 57%

HOU · 1h 00m · leaves 14:10 76%

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 1962 LAX 23:30 → ORD American AA 3683 ORD 08:06 → MEM Connection details →	2h 20m	8h 30m	98%	90%
Southwest WN 2943 LAX 05:55 → DEN United UA 1112 DEN 11:05 → MEM Connection details →	1h 45m	6h 31m	93%	85%
United UA 1912 LAX 08:47 → DEN Frontier F9 4626 DEN 15:43 → MEM Connection details →	3h 30m	8h 16m	99%	84%

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