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 1% of the time at 7 am and 1 time in 3 at 10 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Alaska	AUS	PDX	4h 10m	88%	0.8%	607	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Portland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Portland is 2 h behind Austin). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	AUS 06:10 → LAX 07:15WN 332	2h 03m Los Angeles	LAX 09:18 → PDX 11:41F9 4499	7h 31m	100%	94%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	AUS 06:00 → SEA 08:26DL 780	1h 48m Seattle	SEA 10:14 → PDX 11:21AS 3090 · flown by SkyWest	7h 21m	94%	89%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	AUS 08:15 → SLC 10:13DL 2618	2h 33m Salt Lake City	SLC 12:46 → PDX 13:49AS 3117 · flown by SkyWest	7h 34m	97%	89%
United Details →	AUS 08:30 → DEN 09:49UA 595	3h 38m Denver	DEN 13:27 → PDX 15:13UA 2455	8h 43m	99%	88%
United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	AUS 06:00 → LAX 07:40UA 4642 · flown by SkyWest	2h 20m Los Angeles	LAX 10:00 → PDX 12:25DL 2766	8h 25m	99%	87%
United Details →	AUS 05:20 → SFO 07:05UA 1348	1h 17m San Francisco	SFO 08:22 → PDX 10:20UA 2265	7h 00m	95%	87%
United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	1h 07m Denver	DEN 08:05 → PDX 09:47UA 1247	6h 08m	99%	86%
Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	AUS 12:35 → MCI 14:30WN 1563	3h 20m Kansas City	MCI 17:50 → PDX 19:46AS 1519	9h 11m	100%	86%
Tight connection: often missed
Alaska Details →	AUS 08:30 → SEA 10:58AS 215	1h 07m Seattle	SEA 12:05 → PDX 13:06AS 2181 · flown by Horizon	6h 36m	75%	45%
American Details →	AUS 17:52 → DFW 19:15AA 6410 · flown by SkyWest	1h 34m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:49 → PDX 22:51AA 2283	6h 59m	72%	40%
American Details →	AUS 16:55 → DFW 18:11AA 3400 · flown by Envoy	1h 18m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:29 → PDX 21:29AA 2298	6h 34m	73%	36%

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 07m · leaves 05:39 1%

DAL · 1h 15m · leaves 05:35 2%

ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 06:25 4%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 1h 02m · leaves 20:01 34%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 18:35 54%

LAS · 1h 00m · leaves 20:30 64%

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