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

The best bet has a stop: United via O'Hare (10h 30m) reaches Newark on time 87% of the time, against 76% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


United	ANC	EWR	7h 06m	78%	2.9%	104	Flying now

Best connections, one ticket

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


United Details →	ANC 20:00 → ORD 05:18UA 450	1h 52m Chicago	ORD 07:10 → EWR 10:30 +1UA 563	10h 30m	96%	87%
Alaska Details →	ANC 14:44 → SEA 19:18AS 226	3h 22m Seattle	SEA 22:40 → EWR 06:59 +1AS 314	12h 15m	99%	85%
Alaska Details →	ANC 00:29 → SEA 05:00AS 221	2h 05m Seattle	SEA 07:05 → EWR 15:31AS 239	11h 02m	100%	85%
Alaska Details →	ANC 23:33 → LAX 05:53AS 1563	2h 42m Los Angeles	LAX 08:35 → EWR 17:13 +1AS 233	13h 40m	100%	84%
United Details →	ANC 23:09 → DEN 06:26UA 2614	1h 14m Denver	DEN 07:40 → EWR 13:27 +1UA 2640	10h 18m	94%	81%
Alaska Details →	ANC 01:22 → PDX 06:00AS 609	1h 40m Portland	PDX 07:40 → EWR 16:05AS 294	10h 43m	98%	80%
United Details →	ANC 14:05 → SFO 19:48UA 477	2h 47m San Francisco	SFO 22:35 → EWR 07:00 +1UA 1141	12h 55m	99%	80%
Delta Details →	ANC 00:35 → SLC 07:15DL 2223	3h 14m Salt Lake City	SLC 10:29 → EWR 16:49DL 2033	12h 18m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
American Details →	ANC 20:17 → DFW 05:47AA 1355	1h 13m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 07:00 → EWR 11:31 +1AA 1820	11h 14m	70%	57%
Delta Details →	ANC 20:10 → ATL 07:06DL 416	1h 06m Atlanta	ATL 08:12 → EWR 10:29 +1DL 2397	10h 19m	60%	48%

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 14m · leaves 23:09 6%

SEA · 1h 08m · leaves 01:26 9%

IAD · 1h 17m · leaves 20:15 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.


Alaska AS 1636 ANC 23:59 → LAS United UA 1784 LAS 09:56 → EWR Connection details →	3h 45m	14h 01m	100%	87%
Alaska AS 56 ANC 11:05 → LAX United UA 2397 LAX 21:00 → EWR Connection details →	3h 36m	14h 13m	100%	86%
Alaska AS 221 ANC 00:29 → SEA United UA 1900 SEA 07:30 → EWR Connection details →	2h 30m	11h 22m	98%	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