Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 4 in 5 on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ANC	ORD	6h 15m	84%	2.3%	438	Flying now
Alaska	ANC	ORD	6h 16m	74%	0.5%	210	Flying now
American	ANC	ORD	6h 22m	72%	0.7%	138	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Chicago on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Chicago is 3 h ahead of Anchorage). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 15:43 → SEA 20:17AS 272	3h 39m Seattle	SEA 23:56 → ORD 06:02 +1AA 2881	11h 19m	100%	92%
United Details →	ANC 20:15 → IAD 07:12UA 572	3h 19m Dulles	IAD 10:31 → ORD 11:53 +1UA 1252	12h 38m	99%	90%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 00:29 → SEA 05:00AS 221	2h 00m Seattle	SEA 07:00 → ORD 13:15UA 2618	9h 46m	98%	90%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 23:59 → LAS 06:11AS 1636	3h 29m Las Vegas	LAS 09:40 → ORD 15:42 +1AA 2020	12h 43m	100%	90%
Alaska + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 23:33 → LAX 05:53AS 1563	2h 07m Los Angeles	LAX 08:00 → ORD 14:27 +1AA 1598	11h 54m	99%	88%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 20:17 → DFW 05:47AA 1355	3h 58m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 09:45 → ORD 12:26 +1UA 1114	13h 09m	95%	87%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 21:52 → MSP 06:18AS 1540	3h 29m Minneapolis	MSP 09:47 → ORD 11:29 +1UA 1929	10h 37m	100%	85%
Alaska + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 14:25 → SFO 20:08AS 1561	3h 22m San Francisco	SFO 23:30 → ORD 05:57 +1UA 368	12h 32m	100%	85%

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 00m · leaves 00:29 2%

IAH · 1h 10m · leaves 22:29 9%

PDX · 1h 00m · leaves 01:22 10%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 1h 14m · leaves 11:45 5%

DFW · 53m · leaves 07:00 18%

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