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 14% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops


Delta	ABQ	LAX	2h 17m	93%	0.0%	1,000	Flying now
American	ABQ	LAX	2h 11m	89%	0.7%	721	Flying now
Southwest	ABQ	LAX	2h 05m	77%	1.0%	497	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	3h 02m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	7h 04m	99%	90%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 05:10 → DEN 06:30WN 114	3h 05m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	6h 55m	100%	90%
Delta Details →	ABQ 19:59 → SLC 21:50DL 3726 · flown by SkyWest	55m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	4h 47m	93%	89%
American Details →	ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987	1h 43m Phoenix	PHX 08:00 → LAX 09:34AA 1892	4h 34m	99%	87%
Delta Details →	ABQ 07:52 → SLC 09:44DL 4152 · flown by SkyWest	1h 46m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:30 → LAX 12:30DL 829	5h 38m	99%	86%
United Details →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	3h 22m Denver	DEN 11:45 → LAX 13:17UA 1013	7h 17m	98%	85%
United Details →	ABQ 08:00 → IAH 11:13UA 251	1h 20m Houston	IAH 12:33 → LAX 14:06UA 2460	7h 06m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	ABQ 12:25 → SLC 14:16DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	2h 54m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:10 → LAX 18:10DL 1161	6h 45m	100%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ABQ 19:16 → PHX 19:36AA 1351	1h 02m Phoenix	PHX 20:38 → LAX 22:07AA 3204	3h 51m	64%	43%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 21:15 → PHX 21:30WN 4317	1h 15m Phoenix	PHX 22:45 → LAX 00:08 +1WN 868	3h 52m	59%	28%
Southwest Details →	ABQ 18:40 → DEN 20:05WN 882	1h 00m Denver	DEN 21:05 → LAX 22:40WN 3110	4h 55m	42%	16%

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 20m · leaves 08:00 1%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 05:10 2%

PHX · 55m · leaves 06:40 6%

Afternoon and evening

IAH · 1h 08m · leaves 14:08 14%

DFW · 1h 13m · leaves 17:28 23%

PHX · 1h 15m · leaves 21:15 41%

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 149 ABQ 15:40 → PHX United UA 4722 PHX 18:54 → LAX Connection details →	2h 54m	5h 51m	100%	97%
Delta DL 4084 ABQ 12:25 → SLC United UA 5456 SLC 16:42 → LAX Connection details →	2h 26m	6h 28m	99%	97%
Southwest WN 130 ABQ 06:05 → LAS American AA 6425 LAS 10:04 → LAX Connection details →	3h 29m	6h 19m	100%	93%

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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