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 Bush (11h 04m) reaches Anchorage on time 83% of the time, against 66% on the nonstop.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	ATL	ANC	7h 25m	67%	1.3%	157	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

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


Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 12:56 → SFO 14:50DL 750	3h 57m San Francisco	SFO 18:47 → ANC 22:46UA 1594	13h 50m	98%	87%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 10:05 → IAH 11:18DL 1682	3h 02m Houston	IAH 14:20 → ANC 18:41UA 2369	12h 36m	97%	83%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 08:30 → PDX 10:30DL 539	4h 00m Portland	PDX 14:30 → ANC 17:16AS 1565	12h 46m	100%	83%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 18:25 → SEA 20:49DL 714	3h 10m Seattle	SEA 23:59 → ANC 02:40 +1AS 1363	12h 15m	94%	81%
United Details →	ATL 09:26 → EWR 11:44UA 1705	3h 44m Newark	EWR 15:28 → ANC 19:12UA 450	13h 46m	100%	81%
United Details →	ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327	3h 07m Denver	DEN 15:35 → ANC 19:12UA 1592	12h 02m	98%	80%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 09:52 → SEA 12:20DL 774	2h 27m Seattle	SEA 14:47 → ANC 17:26AS 660	11h 34m	97%	80%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	ATL 06:25 → DEN 07:30WN 2114	3h 50m Denver	DEN 11:20 → ANC 14:53UA 280	12h 28m	100%	79%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	ATL 08:54 → SEA 11:20AS 348	58m Seattle	SEA 12:18 → ANC 15:06AS 657	10h 12m	65%	49%
Delta Details →	ATL 15:38 → MSP 17:16DL 2981	54m Minneapolis	MSP 18:10 → ANC 20:52DL 377	9h 14m	66%	43%
Alaska Details →	ATL 16:18 → SEA 18:46AS 218	57m Seattle	SEA 19:43 → ANC 22:22AS 663	10h 04m	56%	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 · 48m · leaves 07:00 26%

Afternoon and evening

MSP · 54m · leaves 15:38 34%

SEA · 57m · leaves 16:18 44%

DFW · 51m · leaves 16:16 61%

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