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)


Delta	ANC	SLC	4h 40m	80%	0.0%	104	Flying now
Alaska	ANC	SLC	4h 41m	75%few flights	0.0%	24	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 23:06 → PHX 05:38AS 1550	2h 07m Phoenix	PHX 07:45 → SLC 10:25 +1WN 3339	9h 19m	100%	96%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 00:29 → SEA 05:00AS 221	2h 15m Seattle	SEA 07:15 → SLC 10:23DL 2858	7h 54m	98%	93%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 21:52 → MSP 06:18AS 1540	1h 52m Minneapolis	MSP 08:10 → SLC 10:04 +1DL 2628	10h 12m	100%	92%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 23:44 → PHX 06:22AA 2991	3h 23m Phoenix	PHX 09:45 → SLC 12:23 +1DL 1447	10h 39m	96%	89%
Alaska Details →	ANC 01:22 → PDX 06:00AS 609	1h 52m Portland	PDX 07:52 → SLC 10:45AS 2333 · flown by Horizon	7h 23m	98%	89%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 01:57 → SEA 06:28AS 98	3h 02m Seattle	SEA 09:30 → SLC 12:38DL 1016	8h 41m	99%	89%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	ANC 23:59 → LAS 06:11AS 1636	3h 49m Las Vegas	LAS 10:00 → SLC 12:27 +1DL 1698	10h 28m	100%	89%
Alaska Details →	ANC 02:27 → SEA 06:58AS 75	1h 50m Seattle	SEA 08:48 → SLC 11:55AS 360	7h 28m	99%	88%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ANC 20:10 → ATL 07:06DL 416	1h 09m Atlanta	ATL 08:15 → SLC 10:15 +1DL 830	12h 05m	62%	54%

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 16m · leaves 06:00 5%

IAH · 1h 20m · leaves 22:29 6%

PDX · 1h 10m · leaves 05:00 12%

Afternoon and evening

PDX · 1h 07m · leaves 11:54 4%

SFO · 1h 06m · leaves 14:05 8%

SEA · 1h 03m · leaves 14:10 10%

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