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 1 time in 4 at 5 pm.

Nonstops


United	ABQ	ORD	3h 03m	80%	2.1%	560	Flying now
American	ABQ	ORD	3h 04m	77%	1.0%	586	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ABQ 05:30 → DEN 07:00UA 5988 · flown by SkyWest	1h 00m Denver	DEN 08:00 → ORD 11:44UA 2430	5h 14m	96%	84%
American Details →	ABQ 06:00 → PHX 06:17AA 987	2h 13m Phoenix	PHX 08:30 → ORD 14:21AA 319	7h 21m	99%	83%
United Details →	ABQ 07:00 → DEN 08:23UA 621	2h 52m Denver	DEN 11:15 → ORD 14:55UA 2865	6h 55m	98%	80%
Delta Details →	ABQ 12:25 → SLC 14:16DL 4084 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:21 → ORD 21:29DL 2413	8h 08m	100%	74%
United Details →	ABQ 06:00 → IAD 11:50UA 204	1h 25m Dulles	IAD 13:15 → ORD 14:29UA 2331	7h 29m	94%	74%
American Details →	ABQ 07:00 → LAX 08:12AA 4919 · flown by SkyWest	1h 19m Los Angeles	LAX 09:31 → ORD 15:59AA 2608	8h 00m	96%	71%
United Details →	ABQ 06:00 → SFO 07:36UA 538	2h 29m San Francisco	SFO 10:05 → ORD 16:38UA 1954	9h 38m	97%	69%
United Details →	ABQ 13:25 → SFO 14:59UA 4628 · flown by SkyWest	1h 22m San Francisco	SFO 16:21 → ORD 22:59UA 1482	8h 34m	86%	69%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	ABQ 16:20 → DEN 17:50UA 725	1h 20m Denver	DEN 19:10 → ORD 22:49UA 2258	5h 29m	63%	43%

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 00m · leaves 05:30 4%

LAX · 1h 19m · leaves 07:00 4%

DFW · 1h 17m · leaves 05:21 12%

Afternoon and evening

ATL · 50m · leaves 16:43 18%

SEA · 53m · leaves 14:43 24%

DEN · 1h 20m · leaves 16:20 37%

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 130 ABQ 06:05 → LAS American AA 2020 LAS 09:40 → ORD Connection details →	3h 05m	8h 37m	98%	88%
Delta DL 4108 ABQ 12:12 → LAX United UA 212 LAX 17:00 → ORD Connection details →	3h 34m	10h 04m	99%	86%
Delta DL 4091 ABQ 18:45 → LAX United UA 353 LAX 22:35 → ORD Connection details →	2h 33m	9h 06m	95%	85%

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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