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 7 am and 16% of the time at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ABQ	IAD	3h 42m	90%	1.1%	272	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 18:40 → DEN 20:05WN 882	3h 54m Denver	DEN 23:59 → IAD 05:27 +1UA 1924	8h 47m	97%	91%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 12:12 → LAX 13:26DL 4108 · flown by SkyWest	3h 23m Los Angeles	LAX 16:49 → IAD 00:55 +1UA 1573	10h 43m	99%	91%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987	2h 33m Phoenix	PHX 08:50 → IAD 16:17UA 1873	8h 17m	99%	90%
United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → IAD 13:26UA 1101	5h 56m	96%	89%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:00 → LAX 07:10DL 4115 · flown by SkyWest	3h 29m Los Angeles	LAX 10:39 → IAD 18:48UA 2667	10h 48m	99%	89%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 19:59 → SLC 21:50DL 3726 · flown by SkyWest	2h 09m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:59 → IAD 06:13 +1UA 726	8h 14m	96%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 05:20 → AUS 08:05WN 4683	3h 55m Austin	AUS 12:00 → IAD 16:19UA 2344	8h 59m	100%	89%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:05 → LAS 06:35WN 130	2h 13m Las Vegas	LAS 08:48 → IAD 16:24UA 1140	8h 19m	98%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725	1h 23m Denver	DEN 19:13 → IAD 00:45 +1UA 1412	6h 25m	64%	46%

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

SEA · 1h 03m · leaves 06:00 4%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 05:30 4%

IAH · 1h 00m · leaves 08:00 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 07m · leaves 14:08 14%

ATL · 53m · leaves 16:43 16%

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.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

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