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 7 am and 17% of the time at 3 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	ABQ	PDX	3h 12m	93%	0.3%	352	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Portland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Portland is 1 h behind Albuquerque). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska Details →	ABQ 06:00 → SEA 08:10AS 1529	2h 04m Seattle	SEA 10:14 → PDX 11:21AS 3090 · flown by SkyWest	6h 21m	100%	96%
Delta + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:00 → LAX 07:10DL 4115 · flown by SkyWest	2h 08m Los Angeles	LAX 09:18 → PDX 11:41F9 4499	6h 41m	98%	94%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 07:52 → SLC 09:44DL 4152 · flown by SkyWest	3h 02m Salt Lake City	SLC 12:46 → PDX 13:49AS 3117 · flown by SkyWest	6h 57m	99%	91%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 07:30 → DEN 08:50WN 2384	3h 12m Denver	DEN 12:02 → PDX 13:46AS 684	7h 16m	100%	88%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 10:40 → PHX 11:00WN 147	3h 04m Phoenix	PHX 14:04 → PDX 16:46AS 742	7h 06m	100%	87%
Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 10:50 → DEN 12:10WN 117	2h 58m Denver	DEN 15:08 → PDX 16:51F9 2553	7h 03m	100%	86%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 06:55 → SAN 07:45WN 153	3h 19m San Diego	SAN 11:04 → PDX 13:43AS 576	7h 48m	100%	86%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ABQ 05:30 → LAX 06:30WN 4989	3h 30m Los Angeles	LAX 10:00 → PDX 12:25DL 2766	7h 55m	97%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ABQ 19:16 → PHX 19:36AA 1351	49m Phoenix	PHX 20:25 → PDX 23:08AA 561	4h 52m	60%	40%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 13:15 → LAS 13:50WN 170	50m Las Vegas	LAS 14:40 → PDX 16:55WN 2126	4h 40m	50%	31%
American Details →	ABQ 14:13 → ORD 18:29AA 1341	51m Chicago	ORD 19:20 → PDX 21:50AA 2977	8h 37m	45%	23%

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

DEN · 1h 15m · leaves 05:10 2%

PHX · 50m · leaves 06:40 7%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 57m · leaves 13:33 17%

PHX · 49m · leaves 19:16 40%

ORD · 51m · leaves 14:13 55%

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