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 8% of the time at 6 am and 1 time in 5 at 7 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	ANC	LAX	5h 21m	91%	0.0%	384	Flying now
Delta	ANC	LAX	–	80%few flights	0.0%	5	Not 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 ahead of Anchorage). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Delta Details →	ANC 00:35 → SLC 07:15DL 2223	2h 25m Salt Lake City	SLC 09:40 → LAX 10:42DL 1095	9h 07m	98%	90%
Southwest Details →	ANC 22:25 → DEN 05:35WN 173	4h 00m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05 +1WN 1569	11h 40m	98%	90%
Alaska Details →	ANC 09:10 → PDX 13:48AS 1567	3h 49m Portland	PDX 17:37 → LAX 20:09AS 278	9h 59m	100%	87%
United Details →	ANC 23:09 → DEN 06:26UA 2614	3h 36m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34 +1UA 405	11h 25m	98%	87%
Alaska Details →	ANC 06:00 → SEA 10:35AS 82	2h 03m Seattle	SEA 12:38 → LAX 15:25AS 502	8h 25m	99%	86%
United Details →	ANC 20:00 → ORD 05:18UA 450	1h 42m Chicago	ORD 07:00 → LAX 09:33 +1UA 2361	12h 33m	96%	86%
Delta Details →	ANC 01:30 → SEA 06:09DL 925	1h 06m Seattle	SEA 07:15 → LAX 10:05DL 1628	7h 35m	92%	85%
Alaska Details →	ANC 00:29 → SEA 05:00AS 221	2h 26m Seattle	SEA 07:26 → LAX 10:20AS 717	8h 51m	100%	83%
Tight connection: often missed
Delta Details →	ANC 20:10 → ATL 07:06DL 416	1h 09m Atlanta	ATL 08:15 → LAX 09:55 +1DL 898	12h 45m	62%	54%
American Details →	ANC 23:44 → PHX 06:22AA 2991	53m Phoenix	PHX 07:15 → LAX 08:50 +1AA 1668	8h 05m	59%	53%
American Details →	ANC 21:57 → ORD 07:19AA 1354	51m Chicago	ORD 08:10 → LAX 10:35 +1AA 2012	11h 38m	61%	40%

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 03m · leaves 00:29 2%

PDX · 1h 00m · leaves 01:22 10%

ORD · 1h 11m · leaves 23:59 12%

Afternoon and evening

SEA · 57m · leaves 14:44 20%

MSP · 58m · leaves 12:35 22%

DFW · 48m · leaves 07:00 25%

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 American AA 6425 LAS 10:04 → LAX Connection details →	3h 53m	10h 25m	100%	93%
Alaska AS 752 ANC 23:16 → DEN United UA 405 DEN 10:02 → LAX Connection details →	3h 28m	11h 18m	100%	91%
Alaska AS 221 ANC 00:29 → SEA Delta DL 1628 SEA 07:15 → LAX Connection details →	2h 15m	8h 36m	98%	91%

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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