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

No clear winner: Delta’s BUR → ATL flights land within a few points of 77% on time whatever the hour.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Delta	BUR	ATL	4h 40m	77%	4.4%	364	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Atlanta on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Atlanta is 3 h ahead of Burbank). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 07:30 → SMF 08:55WN 845	3h 23m Sacramento	SMF 12:18 → ATL 20:02DL 904	9h 32m	100%	89%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 07:15 → LAS 08:30WN 785	3h 11m Las Vegas	LAS 11:41 → ATL 18:47DL 748	8h 32m	100%	88%
Delta Details →	BUR 16:54 → SLC 19:55DL 3693 · flown by SkyWest	3h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:35 → ATL 05:15 +1DL 912	9h 21m	100%	87%
Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 07:09 → PDX 09:27AS 562	2h 13m Portland	PDX 11:40 → ATL 19:26DL 539	9h 17m	99%	85%
American + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 18:38 → PHX 20:19AA 4944 · flown by SkyWest	3h 40m Phoenix	PHX 23:59 → ATL 06:39 +1DL 929	9h 01m	99%	85%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 08:35 → DEN 11:50WN 351	3h 25m Denver	DEN 15:15 → ATL 20:22DL 957	8h 47m	100%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 17:55 → SJC 19:05WN 840	2h 55m San Jose	SJC 22:00 → ATL 05:34 +1DL 2136	8h 39m	97%	84%
Southwest + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	BUR 17:20 → LAS 18:30WN 792	3h 30m Las Vegas	LAS 22:00 → ATL 05:00 +1DL 879	8h 40m	100%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
Southwest Details →	BUR 20:50 → LAS 22:02WN 799	48m Las Vegas	LAS 22:50 → ATL 05:45 +1WN 2179	5h 55m	50%	41%
United Details →	BUR 18:42 → SFO 20:10UA 1508	1h 10m San Francisco	SFO 21:20 → ATL 05:20 +1UA 1603	7h 38m	47%	39%
American Details →	BUR 12:57 → DFW 18:22AA 1617	1h 04m Dallas-Fort Worth	DFW 19:26 → ATL 22:36AA 3212	6h 38m	69%	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

SLC · 59m · leaves 07:00 7%

Afternoon and evening

DFW · 1h 04m · leaves 12:57 31%

LAS · 48m · leaves 20:50 50%

SFO · 1h 10m · leaves 18:42 53%

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