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 3% of the time at 7 am and 3 times in 5 at 6 pm.

Nonstops


United	AUS	LAX	3h 30m	91%	0.4%	734	Flying now
Delta	AUS	LAX	3h 19m	86%	1.2%	1,288	Flying now
American	AUS	LAX	3h 35m	81%	0.5%	1,014	Flying now
Southwest	AUS	LAX	3h 20m	77%	0.6%	1,041	Flying now
Spirit	AUS	LAX	3h 23m	79%few flights	0.0%	14	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 2 h behind Austin). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest Details →	AUS 05:45 → DEN 07:00WN 282	2h 35m Denver	DEN 09:35 → LAX 11:05WN 1569	7h 20m	100%	91%
United Details →	AUS 05:39 → DEN 06:58UA 361	3h 04m Denver	DEN 10:02 → LAX 11:34UA 405	7h 55m	99%	90%
Delta Details →	AUS 06:25 → ATL 09:45DL 1258	1h 45m Atlanta	ATL 11:30 → LAX 13:05DL 326	8h 43m	97%	89%
United Details →	AUS 08:30 → DEN 09:49UA 595	3h 37m Denver	DEN 13:26 → LAX 14:57UA 774	8h 27m	99%	89%
Southwest Details →	AUS 07:20 → SJC 08:50WN 398	1h 35m San Jose	SJC 10:25 → LAX 11:45WN 4877	6h 25m	96%	88%
Delta Details →	AUS 08:30 → PHX 09:00DL 3747 · flown by SkyWest	3h 15m Phoenix	PHX 12:15 → LAX 13:46DL 3951 · flown by SkyWest	7h 16m	100%	87%
United Details →	AUS 05:30 → IAH 06:33UA 1966	3h 20m Houston	IAH 09:53 → LAX 11:30UA 469	8h 00m	99%	85%
Delta Details →	AUS 19:25 → SLC 21:21DL 2581	1h 24m Salt Lake City	SLC 22:45 → LAX 23:46DL 2014	6h 21m	90%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	AUS 13:01 → ORD 15:57UA 456	48m Chicago	ORD 16:45 → LAX 19:16UA 600	8h 15m	57%	37%
American Details →	AUS 17:52 → DFW 19:15AA 6410 · flown by SkyWest	1h 34m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 20:49 → LAX 22:03AA 1084	6h 11m	72%	29%
American Details →	AUS 18:26 → ORD 21:39AA 1398	51m Chicago	ORD 22:30 → LAX 00:52 +1AA 1209	8h 26m	50%	24%

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 02m · leaves 05:39 3%

SLC · 1h 17m · leaves 08:15 4%

PDX · 1h 20m · leaves 07:15 5%

Afternoon and evening

LAS · 1h 10m · leaves 20:30 52%

DEN · 1h 00m · leaves 18:35 54%

FLL · 49m · leaves 13:52 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.


Southwest WN 321 AUS 05:50 → LAS American AA 6425 LAS 10:04 → LAX Connection details →	3h 29m	7h 34m	100%	93%
Southwest WN 376 AUS 15:25 → PHX United UA 4722 PHX 18:54 → LAX Connection details →	3h 04m	7h 06m	96%	92%
Southwest WN 282 AUS 05:45 → DEN United UA 405 DEN 10:02 → LAX Connection details →	3h 02m	7h 49m	100%	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